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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. Who is in power in Palestine when Jesus is born?
(a) Galilee the Wise.
(b) Herod the Great.
(c) Antiochus.
(d) The council of Hosea.

2. Where did Henry Nouwen begin to work at the height of his writing career?
(a) Eastern College.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Zondervan.
(d) Daybreak.

3. What does Yancey say a major problem is in looking at the historical Jesus?
(a) Political agendas.
(b) Flash forward analysis.
(c) Lack of language knowledge.
(d) No historical understanding.

4. Where does Jesus spend his first years?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Far East.
(c) London.
(d) Egypt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many emendations do the Pharisees add to the law?

2. What language does Jesus speak on a daily basis?

3. Where are the headquarters of the Wycliffe Bible translators?

4. Where did Yancey grow up?

5. How many laws do the Pharisees discover?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it that restores Jesus's humanity for Yancey?

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

3. What are the Beatitudes?

4. What is the concept from Barbara Tuchman of "no flash-forwards"?

5. What does the name of Jesus mean?

6. What does Yancey say about parallel worlds in Chapter 1?

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

8. What were the Maccabeans fighting against?

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

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

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