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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. What does Mack claim the author of Acts found, in terms of an answer to what Christianity owed to Jewish history?
(a) The laws of purity.
(b) The concept of sacrifice.
(c) The Christ myth.
(d) A reliance on righteousness.

2. How did Luke portray Jesus?
(a) The manifestation of obedience to the spirit.
(b) A teacher of the Torah.
(c) A wandering prophet.
(d) A powerful deity.

3. Where does evidence for the Christ cult come from?
(a) Letters of Paul written in the 50s.
(b) The Dead Sea Scrolls.
(c) The Gospel of Thomas.
(d) The Sayings of Q.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two sources does Mack claim Matthew used for his gospel?

2. What does Mack argue the Gospel of Matthew is a document for?

3. Who does Mack claim most of the sermons in the Acts of the Apostles are written for?

4. What feature of the Christ cult does Mack claim Paul found irresistible?

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

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