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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. Where does Yancey teach his film class on Jesus?
(a) South Bend Indiana Presbyterian College.
(b) 82nd Street YMCA in New York City.
(c) LaSalle Street Church.
(d) Harvard University.

2. When is the document by Publius Lentulus forged?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1514.
(c) 60.
(d) 1313.

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

4. Why does Yancey believe that Jews stopped following Jesus?
(a) The Jews found a different man to be the Messiah.
(b) The Jews were persecuted for following Jesus.
(c) Jesus was too radical and not well liked.
(d) Jesus was not the Messiah the Jews were expecting.

5. What are Owens's student's reaction to the Sermon on the Mount?
(a) They find it offensive and absurd.
(b) Profound and humbling.
(c) Humorous and silly.
(d) It changed their lives for the better.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Laszlo Tokes from?

2. What does the word "gospel" mean?

3. What does Ivan Karamazov write?

4. How many times does Jesus cry in front of his disciples?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yancey grow up not knowing any Jewish people?

2. What did the students at Texas A & M think of the Beatitudes?

3. What does Yancey object to in sentimental Christmas card portrayals of Jesus?

4. What does Henri Nouwen do that is so unusual?

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

6. What experience did Yancey have that began to change his understanding of Jesus?

7. What does Yancey discover as he begins to study the Jesus of the Gospels?

8. What is the Temptation in the desert?

9. What does the name of Jesus mean?

10. What does Yancey do with the extremism of Jesus?

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