This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, Christianity, The Historical Jesus, | Chapter VIII, Christianity, The Christ of Faith, | Chapter VIII, Christianity, The End and the Beginning,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Jesus' words designed to cause people to do?
(a) Overturn Roman rule
(b) Show them how to become rich
(c) Be able to heal the sick
(d) See things in a different way

2. At what point did Jesus' followers begin to accept him as God in human form?
(a) When there was a massive earthquake
(b) When he healed a blind man
(c) Some time after his death
(d) The first time they heard him speak

3. What is the problem of explaining nirvana?
(a) To the unenlightened mind, it is vague.
(b) It can only been reached after death.
(c) It has multiple meanings.
(d) It is an untranslatable word.

4. How does the development of Buddhism parallel that of all major world religions?
(a) It began to wage war with non-believers.
(b) It saw no period of hierarchical struggle.
(c) Hardly a century after the death of the Buddha it began to show signs of schism.
(d) It went into immediate decline after the death of the Buddha.

5. How is the length of Jesus' ministry best described?
(a) It was cut short by his resurrection
(b) It was short and then he was crucified.
(c) It lasted four decades before he was crucified.
(d) It lasted thirty years and then he was crucified.