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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 is the ethnic background of Jesus?
(a) Islamic.
(b) Atheist.
(c) Christian.
(d) Jewish.

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

3. Who does the German Christian Church admire in 1933?
(a) Helmut Thielicke.
(b) David Koresh.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Jim Jones.

4. What is the physical appearance of Jesus?
(a) Tall and handsome, blond and blue eyed.
(b) Asian features, very short and stout.
(c) Black skin, black hair and eyes.
(d) We don't know.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does H. G. Wells say Jesus is important?

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

3. What does Yancey give up as a result of the Sermon on the Mount?

4. Where does Yancey teach his film class on Jesus?

5. What does Jesus propose for those who look at a woman lustfully?

Short Essay Questions

1. What may Satan have taken away from the confrontation with Jesus in the wilderness?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the Golden Rule?

8. What is the Temptation in the desert?

9. Why does Yancey find the Beatitudes so difficult?

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

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