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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. Why does the leprosy patient cry when Dr. Brand greets him?

2. What did the first Christians stake everything on?

3. What did Jesus believe was the true power?

4. Who wrote Mere Christianity?

5. What worries Yancey about modern Christians and politicians?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the one miracle that is in all four biblical gospels?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the two reasons Yancey gives for Jesus investing so much in the 12 disciples? What is Jesus revealing about himself in his choice and commitment to his disciples?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What does Yancey want to confront the present day church with in terms of the issue of being Pharisees? What does he believe Jesus would say to the modern church about its exclusive nature?

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