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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yancey think the church has turned Jesus into, according to Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 6, what does Yancey admit to being?

3. How does a commentary Yancey mentions translate "Blessed are the poor in spirit"?

4. Why does H. G. Wells say Jesus is important?

5. Where does Yancey teach his film class on Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Yancey object to in sentimental Christmas card portrayals of Jesus?

2. What does Yancey say the Communist party had trouble with?

3. What experience did Yancey have that began to change his understanding of Jesus?

4. What did Jesus look like?

5. What is the Temptation in the desert?

6. What is it that restores Jesus's humanity for Yancey?

7. What did the students at Texas A & M think of the Beatitudes?

8. What does Jesus recommend as a punishment for lustful thinking?

9. What language did Jesus speak growing up?

10. What does Yancey say about parallel worlds in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the major stages of the last week of Jesus based on Chapter 10.

1) Identify each stage.

2) What does each stage represent theologically for Yancey?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the general historical context Jesus grew up in based on Chapter 3

1) What was the world like when Jesus walked the earth?

2) Who was in charge?

3) What was the political and religious atmosphere?

Essay Topic 3

Briefly describe the profile of Jesus that Yancey lays out in Chapter 2. What word associations does he choose and why?

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