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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 fights against Antiochus?
(a) Africans.
(b) Maccabeans.
(c) Egyptians.
(d) Christians.

2. How many times does Jesus say to forgive a brother?
(a) 1000 times and more.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 77 times.
(d) Never.

3. What television figure does Yancy compare his early understanding of Jesus to?
(a) Dr. Who.
(b) Mr. Rogers.
(c) James Bond.
(d) Captain Kangaroo.

4. Where does Yancey teach the Beatitudes?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Radio 101.
(c) Class at LaSalle Street Church in Chicago.
(d) His son's preschool.

5. What does Ivan Karamazov write?
(a) Fifth symphony in Bflat.
(b) The Brothers Karamozov.
(c) Jesus, Son of God.
(d) "The Grand Inquisitor" poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Sermon on the Mount in the Bible?

2. Who marries the granddaughter of Augustus Caesar?

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

4. Who directs Jesus of Nazareth?

5. How does Yancey describe Jesus in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the name of Jesus mean?

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

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

4. What were the Maccabeans fighting against?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson?

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