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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) The Merchant of Venice.
(b) Mission: Impossible.
(c) Peter's letter to the Epistles.
(d) Gospel of Matthew.

2. What did Constantine do that changed Christianity forever?
(a) Wrote a treatise on why Christ matters.
(b) Forced Europeans to accept Christ.
(c) Legalized it and made it a state subsidized religion.
(d) Made Sunday the Sabbath.

3. What does Yancey criticize about the church in Chapter 8?
(a) Church is full of disreputable people.
(b) Too much emphasis on prayer.
(c) Church attracts only respectable types.
(d) Not enough pressure to give money.

4. What does Yancey think Easter makes Jesus?
(a) More intelligent.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Mysterious.

5. What did the first Christians stake everything on?
(a) A new religion.
(b) Paul's theology.
(c) Nothing, they were utterly lost.
(d) The Resurrection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Jesus call himself a Messiah?

2. Where does Jesus leave his teaching and life's journey?

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

4. What did Martin Luther encourage his students to do?

5. How many times does the word "kingdom" appear in the gospel of Matthew?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jesus's first miracle?

2. What did Mother Teresa say about what she tried to provide for the ill?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Yancey note about the end times?

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