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

2. What does Yancey say is the message of Jesus's miracles?
(a) Miracles happen randomly.
(b) Early glimpses of what is to come.
(c) Only God can heal.
(d) Jesus is God.

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

4. How many times does the word "kingdom" appear in the gospel of Matthew?
(a) 2.
(b) 600.
(c) 55.
(d) 6.

5. Who wrote Mere Christianity?
(a) Phil Quincy.
(b) Pope Pious IV.
(c) John Edwards.
(d) C.S. Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who writes the poem that opens Chapter 12?

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

4. When Jesus departs, where does he leave the keys to the kingdom, according to Yancey?

5. Where does Shusaku Endo grow up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Jesus say to Pilate when asked if he is the King of the Jews?

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

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

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

9. What does Yancey note about the end times?

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

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