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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 is the myth of Jesus' death and resurrection rooted in, according to Mack?
(a) The ideas of the kingdom of God.
(b) The concept of martyrdom.
(c) The ideas surrounding hero worship.
(d) The concept of divinity.

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

3. Why does Mack call the Christ cult the first Christians?
(a) They called themselves Christians.
(b) They were the first to mention the resurrection.
(c) They were the first to use the word Christ to refer to Jesus.
(d) They were the first to create a hymn to Jesus.

4. Where does evidence for the Christ cult come from?
(a) The Sayings of Q.
(b) Letters of Paul written in the 50s.
(c) The Gospel of Thomas.
(d) The Dead Sea Scrolls.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many layers of the Gospel Q exist?

4. Where did the Jesus movement begin their change to the Christ cult?

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

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