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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 say the Christ cult laid the foundation for?
(a) A distinctly Christian mentality.
(b) A battle between the Christ cult and the Jesus movements.
(c) A Roman-Christian war.
(d) The Church.

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

3. What does Mack claim the author of the Acts of the Apostles set out to show?
(a) Agreement among the apostles.
(b) Agreement between Christianity and Judaism.
(c) Disagreement among the apostles.
(d) Disagreement between Christianity and Judaism.

4. What does Mack claim the Christ hymn was the result of?
(a) A burning desire for a personal Deity.
(b) A vision of Paul.
(c) A lie by the disciples.
(d) A conflict of authority.

5. How did the Christ cult differ form the Jesus movement?
(a) It focused on Jesus' death and celebrated his spirit.
(b) It focused on Jesus' life and his teachings.
(c) It focused on Jesus' life and celebrated his spirit.
(d) It focused on Jesus' death and his teachings.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is contained in 1 Clement?

4. How did Luke portray Jesus?

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

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