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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. Whose stories are mimicked in the Miracle Stories?
(a) Greek mythology.
(b) The Jewish scriptures.
(c) Roman myth.
(d) The Egyptian scriptures.

2. What does Mack claim is the reason for the many portrayals of Jesus?
(a) Different groups saw him differently, based on his age.
(b) Different people changed the true description for political gain.
(c) Different groups developed his image to support their movement.
(d) There is no difference in the portrayals of Jesus.

3. What do the pillars in the Jerusalem group do that other Jesus movements do not?
(a) Believe in the creation myth.
(b) Adhere to the Jewish purity codes.
(c) Believe in the concept of Jesus as a god.
(d) Disobey Jewish purity codes.

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

5. What does Mack suggest as a reason that Mark was overly critical of the disciples of Jerusalem?
(a) They adhered to the Jewish purity codes.
(b) They believed in the creation myth.
(c) They believed in the concept of Jesus as God.
(d) They disobeyed the Jewish purity codes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the temple-state model of civilization, what system does the king represent?

2. What are the two activities Mack gives credit to in terms of the creation of Christian beliefs?

3. What does Mack note is mythmaking on a cosmic scale, in terms of the Christ hymn in Philippians 2:6-11?

4. What role did women play in associations?

5. What is featured in the Gospel of Thomas that is missing in the Book of Q?

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