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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Inventing Apostolic Traditions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the leader of the empire who tried to have his images placed in the temple of Jerusalem?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Arippa I.
(c) Caligula.
(d) Nero.

2. What is contained in 1 Clement?
(a) Sayings of Jesus.
(b) The story of Jesus.
(c) An admonishment to Corinth congregations.
(d) Instructions for congregations.

3. What is a Christ hymn?
(a) A genre of praise poetry.
(b) A song specifically geared toward God.
(c) A song specifically geared toward Jesus.
(d) A genre of poetry to the angels.

4. When does Mack argue Mark's gospel was written?
(a) During the fourth century.
(b) After the Roman-Jewish war.
(c) Before the Roman-Jewish war.
(d) Prior to the birth of Christ.

5. Why does Mack argue Jesus' death is qualitatively different from all other deaths of the prophets?
(a) Jesus was immortal.
(b) Jesus was the son of God.
(c) Jesus was the enemy of the state.
(d) Jesus was a martyr.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack claim about the Book of Isaiah?

2. Where did the writer of the gospel of Luke write the gospel, according to Mack?

3. What is Ignatius' second appeal in his letters to the churches?

4. What does Mack claim the author of Acts found, in terms of an answer to what Christianity owed to Jewish history?

5. What did the temple at Jerusalem serve as, in terms of a symbol?

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