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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 do the Pharisees think of Jesus?
(a) Uncouth.
(b) Deeply intellectual.
(c) True leader.
(d) Wise.

2. Who were the first witnesses to the resurrection?
(a) The women who went to the tomb.
(b) Apostle Paul.
(c) John and Judas.
(d) Passing children.

3. What does Jesus say when Pilate asks him if he is the King of the Jews?
(a) "My kingdom has come, prepare to be dismissed."
(b) "I am, so step aside and let me rule."
(c) "With God's help, I will be."
(d) "My kingdom is not of this world."

4. What do the angels say to the disciples on the day of Ascension?
(a) "Fear not, the Lord is with you."
(b) "He is not here. He has risen."
(c) "Why do you stand here looking into the sky?"
(d) "Hail, full of Grace, be at peace."

5. What changes politically with the death of Jesus?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Jews begin to rule again in Palestine.
(c) The Roman Empire falls very quickly.
(d) Herod the Great is murdered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yancey's father die of?

2. What does Yancey think Easter makes Jesus?

3. Where is the opening quote of Chapter 8 from?

4. What is the name of Yancey's kitten that died?

5. What does Yancey think of what the church brings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jesus say about the woman who comes into the respectable house of Simon and wipes Jesus's feet with her hair?

2. What does Yancey notice about the last parables that Jesus tells?

3. Why was Jesus's attitude towards women so revolutionary?

4. What event of the Last Supper startles Yancey?

5. What is the ultimate portrait of Jesus that Yancey comes up with?

6. What is the one miracle that is in all four biblical gospels?

7. What is the significance of the grandmother's tombstone, which says, "Waiting"?

8. Who betrays Jesus to the Jewish and Roman authorities?

9. What is unusual about leprosy patients and their illness?

10. Who were the first witnesses to the risen Christ?

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