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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ivan Karamazov write?
(a) Fifth symphony in Bflat.
(b) "The Grand Inquisitor" poem.
(c) Jesus, Son of God.
(d) The Brothers Karamozov.

2. What language does Jesus speak on a daily basis?
(a) Aramaic.
(b) Greek.
(c) Egyptian.
(d) Hebrew.

3. Why is Yancey drawn to Jesus, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Yancey can't say why.
(b) It is God's will.
(c) Jesus is the dividing point of Yancey's life.
(d) Jesus's teaching is so complicated.

4. How many people are killed in the earthquake of 31 B.C. in Palestine?
(a) 300.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 150.

5. What typifies the Sadducees?
(a) Sad and lonely people.
(b) Large gregarious families with many parties and celebrations.
(c) Collaborated with Greeks and Romans.
(d) Physically active, liked games and sports.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in Qumram?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Yancey say the Gospels assert that Jesus is?

3. What do the Essenes believe in?

4. Where does Jesus spend his first years?

5. According to Yancy in Chapter 5, why do people like being where Jesus is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jesus look like?

2. Where did Philip Yancey first become acquainted with the stories of Jesus?

3. What does Jesus change about the way people worship?

4. What does the name of Jesus mean?

5. What does Yancey say is the true meaning of Christmas?

6. What is Jacob Neuser's primary objection to Jesus?

7. What is Yancey's purpose in writing The Jesus I Thought I Knew?

8. What does Jesus recommend as a punishment for lustful thinking?

9. What is the one word label Yancey would bestow upon Jesus?

10. Who is Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson?

(see the answer keys)

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