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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Claiming Israel's Epic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mack note causes some of the differences between the stories of the New Testament?
(a) They were written by the same person over the course of time.
(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 different people from different groups.

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

3. What did Justin say about the treatment of the Jews by God, in terms of the fall of the temple and the diaspora?
(a) They deserved it because they were not Christian.
(b) They deserved it because they were corrupt.
(c) They deserved it because they were wrong.
(d) They deserved it because they were bad people.

4. What does Mack argue John was worried about, which resulted in his authorship of Revelations?
(a) Sickness and affliction.
(b) False teachings and affliction.
(c) False teaching and sickness.
(d) Persecution and execution.

5. When does Mack argue Mark's gospel was written?
(a) During the fourth century.
(b) Prior to the birth of Christ.
(c) Before the Roman-Jewish war.
(d) After the Roman-Jewish war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack claim the author of the Acts of the Apostles set out to show?

2. How did Luke portray Jesus?

3. What does Mack claim the Jews had done since the time of David and Solomon?

4. When does Mack claim most of the works discussed in Chapter 8 were written?

5. What happened at Corinth that made Paul nervous?

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