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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) Harvard University.
(b) LaSalle Street Church.
(c) South Bend Indiana Presbyterian College.
(d) 82nd Street YMCA in New York City.

2. Why does H. G. Wells say Jesus is important?
(a) Jesus is the son of God.
(b) Caused a turning point in history.
(c) What Jesus left continues to grow.
(d) His Jewish background is unique.

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

4. Who writes the play "The Man Born to be King?"
(a) Dorothy Sayers.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) George MacDonald.
(d) Thomas Merton.

5. What does Jesus refuse to do with Satan?
(a) Play by his rules.
(b) Use his power.
(c) Listen to him.
(d) Destroy him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do teachers live in Jesus'sday?

2. Where does Virginia Stem Owens teach?

3. In the movie La Dolce Vita, what is the helicopter ferrying?

4. How does Albert Schweitzer interpret the Sermon on the Mount?

5. What does Yancey object to in modern Christmas cards?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the name of Jesus mean?

2. What are the Beatitudes?

3. How does the gospel of Matthew open and what is the importance of that?

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

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

6. Who is Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson?

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

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

9. Why does Yancey find the Beatitudes so difficult?

10. What were the Maccabeans fighting against?

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