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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. How does Yancey describe Jesus in Chapter 3?
(a) First century Jew with a phylactery on his wrist.
(b) Perfect image of a Christian man.
(c) A tall blonde man with blue eyes.
(d) Almost modern and American in appearance.

2. How do teachers live in Jesus'sday?
(a) Off the gifts of appreciative listeners.
(b) The state of Israel supports them.
(c) By publishing books.
(d) By charging tuition for their classes.

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

4. According to Yancey, what is the primary emotion in most religions when one approaches God?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Happiness.

5. What is Jesus' s first official act as an adult?
(a) Becoming an official rabbi.
(b) Writing the book of John.
(c) Meeting Satan in the wilderness.
(d) Raising Lazarus from the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Henry Nouwen begin to work at the height of his writing career?

2. What is the outcome of a betrothed woman committing adultery in Jesus's day?

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

4. In Chapter 5, what is the one word Yancey chooses to describe Jesus best?

5. What does Yancey say a major problem is in looking at the historical Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three levels of the Beatitudes in Chapter 6?

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

3. What did Jesus look like?

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

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

6. What is Yancey's interpretation of why God decided not to come in clouds of glory and fix everything?

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

8. Why does Yancey start Chapter 5 with a quote from Napoleon?

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

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

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