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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 Peter and Judas have in common?
(a) They both betrayed Jesus.
(b) Related by blood, cousins.
(c) They had nothing in common.
(d) They were both very old.

2. What is a basic reason Yancey is open to believing the Easter story?
(a) Most people do believe it.
(b) He wants it to be true.
(c) It has lasted 2000 years.
(d) It is based in proven fact.

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

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

5. Why does Zacchaeus climb the tree?
(a) To drop things on people's heads.
(b) Wants more attention for himself.
(c) He is too short to see Jesus.
(d) To get away from Jesus and the crowd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do 1st century Jews and modern evangelical Christians have in common?

2. What worries Yancey about modern Christians and politicians?

3. What does Yancey's father die of?

4. How does Jesus command Jairus's daughter to come back to life?

5. What was torn in two when Jesus died on the cross?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jesus's death on the cross bridge, theologically speaking?

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

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

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

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

6. What did Jesus mean by the Kingdom of God?

7. What event of the Last Supper startles Yancey?

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

9. What does Yancey say about how Easter affects who Jesus is for us?

10. What does Jesus leave behind?

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