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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Visions of the Cosmic Lord.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the form of mythmaking Mack notes these early Jesus people were engaged in?
(a) Epic mythmaking.
(b) Epic tradition.
(c) Epic revision.
(d) Epic authorship.

2. What was the Stoic recommendation for personal virtue?
(a) That man could never learn what was naturally right.
(b) That man should avoid what was naturally right.
(c) That man could only pretend to know what was naturally right.
(d) That man could learn what was naturally right.

3. What were some artifacts that helped preserve one's culture?
(a) Language and writing.
(b) Books, statues, and symbols.
(c) Gestures and behaviors.
(d) Temples and cities.

4. Who were the super apostles at Corinth?
(a) The Pillars of Jerusalem.
(b) Disciples of Paul.
(c) Hebrews and Israelites.
(d) Jews and Protestants.

5. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?
(a) Priests and rulers.
(b) Nature and tyrants.
(c) Power and nature.
(d) King and tyrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does each of these movements attempt to link Jesus to, according to Mack?

2. What word is used to imply the significance of the miracle stories in the Gospel of John?

3. What does Mack claim is the reason for the many portrayals of Jesus?

4. What was the Greek concept of civilization?

5. What two Gods from different cultures were seen to be the same?

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