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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 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.

2. What does Mack claim is the link that gives the Christian Bible logic and force?
(a) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the Catholic Church.
(b) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the New Testament.
(c) The link between the Jewish temple, and the New Testament.
(d) The link between the Protestant Bible and the Apocrypha.

3. What does Mack believe the figure of Jesus became with the Pronouncement Stories?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A mystic.
(c) A martyr.
(d) Interpreter of the law.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mack think putting aside conventional ideas of the origins of Christianity is difficult for some?

2. What is contained in the Gospel of Thomas?

3. Why does Mack believe the stories in the New Testament were chosen to be included?

4. What does the term Judeo-Christian mean?

5. What do the pillars in the Jerusalem group do that other Jesus movements do not?

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