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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 is Frederick Buechner struck by in reading about Jesus's appearances after the resurrection?
(a) Unglamorous quality of it.
(b) Many people saw him.
(c) Very few people saw him.
(d) Both men and women saw him.

2. When Jesus departs, where does he leave the keys to the kingdom, according to Yancey?
(a) In our fumbling hands.
(b) He doesn't leave any keys.
(c) He gives it to Peter.
(d) To his mother Mary.

3. 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) It was temporary and no longer has meaning.
(d) We need new teaching that supersedes Jesus.

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

5. Where does Jesus leave his teaching and life's journey?
(a) In song and verse.
(b) On many stone tablets found in caves in 1947.
(c) In a book that is now lost.
(d) In human beings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jesus pray for hours before he is arrested?

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

3. What does Yancey's father die of?

4. Why does Zacchaeus climb the tree?

5. What worries Yancey about modern Christians and politicians?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Pharisees of Jesus's day think of him?

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

3. Why is the day of crucifixion called "Good Friday"?

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

5. What does Yancey note about the end times?

6. What does Yancey reveal in Chapter 11 about why he believes in the resurrection?

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

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

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

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

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