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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 Mother Teresa try to provide for leprosy patients?

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

3. What does Yancey say about human preoccupation with the "end times"?

4. What are Samaritians called?

5. Where does Shusaku Endo grow up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What event of the Last Supper startles Yancey?

5. When Yancey's kitten is killed, what does he, the child, learn?

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

7. What did the Zealots want to do in the 1st century?

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

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

10. What was Jesus's first miracle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Yancey see the miracles of Jesus as signs? What are they signs of and how does that function in the larger understanding of who Jesus is?

Essay Topic 2

The book begins with a personal account of Yancey's life in Christianity.

1) What is Yancey's personal story in terms of his understanding of Jesus?

2) How does his history growing up in the church affect this book?

3) Why does he use his personal experience?

Essay Topic 3

Does Yancey believe in the Resurrection? What is his struggle? How does he overcome his doubts and fears?

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