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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 is the star from Chapter 13 to the end of the Acts of the Apostles?
(a) Peter.
(b) Jude.
(c) Paul.
(d) John.

2. What did the Christ hymn imply about the domain of Jesus?
(a) It encompassed all people.
(b) It encompassed only the Jews.
(c) It diminished in size.
(d) It encompassed only the gentiles.

3. What does Mark's gospel do to the disciples that the story of Q did not?
(a) Ignores them.
(b) Names them.
(c) Kills them.
(d) Worships them.

4. Where did the writer of the gospel of Luke write the gospel, according to Mack?
(a) A location near the Aegean Sea.
(b) Rome.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Nazareth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mark portray Jesus?

2. What is the myth of Jesus' death and resurrection rooted in, according to Mack?

3. What is the Jewish story of the persecuted sage also called?

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

5. How did the Christ cult differ form the Jesus movement?

(see the answer key)

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