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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 Yancey give up as a result of the Sermon on the Mount?
(a) Going to church.
(b) 1947 Jackie Robinson baseball card.
(c) Eating chocolate.
(d) All his money.

2. According to Yancey, what kind of man was Tolstoy?
(a) Simply a bundle of joy and hope.
(b) A great friend, husband, and sweetheart to all.
(c) A deeply unhappy man.
(d) The best father ever.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Yancey, what is the primary emotion in most religions when one approaches God?

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

3. How do teachers live in Jesus'sday?

4. How many times does Jesus say to forgive a brother?

5. What is the image Yancey first has of Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Temptation in the desert?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Yancey say the Communist party had trouble with?

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

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

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