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

2. What does Carsten Thiede claim about the Magdalen fragments?
(a) They are from the eighth century.
(b) They are not real.
(c) They are from the mid first century.
(d) They are from the fourth century.

3. What does Mack claim about the image of Christ asking his disciples to eat and drink of him?
(a) It is impossible.
(b) It is historical.
(c) It is literary.
(d) It is imaginary.

4. What feature of the Jerusalem group allows readers to build a profile?
(a) The leaders' names are known.
(b) The leaders' political ambitions are known.
(c) The leaders' home states are known.
(d) The leaders' religions are known.

5. What does Mack compare the Pronouncement Stories to in Chapter 2?
(a) The stories of the intellectuals.
(b) The stories of the Romans.
(c) The stories of the Cynics.
(d) The stories of the Egyptians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was contained in the "Jefferson Bible"?

2. What two systems helped define the temple-state?

3. What does Mack note causes some of the differences between the stories of the New Testament?

4. Why does Mack claim the Bible is constantly consulted?

5. What did the Greek model of civilization give rise to?

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