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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Fragments From the Christ Cult.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the layers of Q is least embellished?
(a) The second.
(b) The third.
(c) The fifth.
(d) The first.

2. When did Jesus Movements start in Galilee?
(a) During the 20s of the second century.
(b) In the late first century.
(c) At the end of the last century, B.C.E.
(d) During the 30s of the first century.

3. What is an epic according to Mack?
(a) An examination of the past to reveal public policy.
(b) A rehearsal of the past that puts the present in its light.
(c) A look at the past to discover previous laws.
(d) A hope for a brighter future.

4. What concept was important to the Jewish temple-state, the Greek polis, and the Roman system of government?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Divinity.
(c) Law.
(d) Politics.

5. What does Mack note causes some of the differences between the stories of the New Testament?
(a) They were written by different people from different groups.
(b) They were written by different people of the same group.
(c) They were written by one person, posing as different people.
(d) They were written by the same person over the course of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What notion does Mack believe generated enough excitement to influence the formation of different Jesus groups?

2. What does the term "Christ" imply?

3. What does Mack claim the Christ hymn was the result of?

4. What does the term Judeo-Christian mean?

5. What does Mack claim about the various groups that formed in the schools of Jesus?

(see the answer key)

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