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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 does Mack claim most of the sermons in the Acts of the Apostles are written for?
(a) Jews.
(b) Christians.
(c) Roman rulers.
(d) Pharisees.

2. What is the myth of Jesus' death and resurrection rooted in, according to Mack?
(a) The concept of martyrdom.
(b) The ideas of the kingdom of God.
(c) The ideas surrounding hero worship.
(d) The concept of divinity.

3. What two sources does Mack claim Matthew used for his gospel?
(a) The book of Q and the gospel of the Christ cult.
(b) The book of Q and the gospel of Mark.
(c) The book of Q and the gospel of Luke.
(d) The gospel of Mark and the gospel of Luke.

4. What did the temple at Jerusalem serve as, in terms of a symbol?
(a) It was the symbol of peace.
(b) It was the symbol of God.
(c) It was the symbol of Jewish presence.
(d) It was the symbol of Jesus.

5. What does Mack believe the authors intended to convey by having Peter and James defend Paul's ideas about Jewish law?
(a) That the Christian message was not meant for gentiles.
(b) That the Christian message was meant for gentiles.
(c) That the Christian message was meant for Jews.
(d) That the Christian message was not meant for Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mack argue Jesus' death is qualitatively different from all other deaths of the prophets?

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

3. What does Mark's gospel do to the disciples that the story of Q did not?

4. What does Mack say the Christ cult laid the foundation for?

5. What collection of early Christian texts does the Didache now belong to?

(see the answer key)

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