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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. Where is the opening quote of Chapter 8 from?
(a) Gospel of Matthew.
(b) Peter's letter to the Epistles.
(c) The Merchant of Venice.
(d) Mission: Impossible.

2. What is Zacchaeus's profession?
(a) Barber.
(b) Tax collector.
(c) Politician.
(d) Rabbi.

3. What leader beheads John the Baptist?
(a) Pontius PIlate.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Herod.
(d) Sanhedrin.

4. What does Yancey believe about the gospel of Jesus?
(a) The Gospels are not written by Jesus.
(b) It is not a political platform.
(c) We need new teaching that supersedes Jesus.
(d) It was temporary and no longer has meaning.

5. Who killed the kitten?
(a) Wild foxes.
(b) Rooster.
(c) Pugs, the Boston Terrier.
(d) Veterinarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Christos/Christ mean in Hebrew?

2. What does Jesus say when Pilate asks him if he is the King of the Jews?

3. How long is Jesus with the disciples between the Resurrection and Ascension?

4. What did Jesus believe was the true power?

5. According to Yancey, how many times does the Qur'an apply the word "love" to God?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What event of the Last Supper startles Yancey?

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

5. What is ironic about Jesus entering into Jerusalem on a donkey?

6. What does Jesus leave behind?

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

8. Why does Yancey title Chapter 11 "A Morning Beyond Belief?"

9. When Yancey's kitten is killed, what does he, the child, learn?

10. What did the Zealots want to do in the 1st century?

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