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

2. Where did the writer of the gospel of Luke write the gospel, according to Mack?
(a) Nazareth.
(b) Rome.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) A location near the Aegean Sea.

3. What does Mack claim about the various groups that formed in the schools of Jesus?
(a) They were experimental.
(b) They were sent by God.
(c) They were disciples of Jesus.
(d) They were dangerous.

4. What is Ignatius' second appeal in his letters to the churches?
(a) For the congregations to become martyrs.
(b) For the congregations to pray for Ignatius.
(c) For the congregations to rise up against Rome.
(d) For the congregations to obey their bishops.

5. What does Mack suggest the taking up of residence in Jerusalem signifies for the group?
(a) A political agenda.
(b) A religious agenda.
(c) A disrespect for Jewish tradition.
(d) A loyalty to the Pharisee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the myth of Jesus' death and resurrection rooted in, according to Mack?

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

3. What was the Stoic recommendation for personal virtue?

4. What is the term for "a small group of writings believes to have been written by bishops and others" who knew the apostles?

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

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