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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Clashing Cultures.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Mack think putting aside conventional ideas of the origins of Christianity is difficult for some?
(a) Christians have an investment in the idea that the New Testament is a collection of myths.
(b) Christians have an investment in the idea that the Old Testament is true.
(c) Christians have an investment in the idea that the Church is infallible.
(d) Christians have an investment in the idea that the New Testament is true.

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

5. Why were issues such as homosexuality a source of cultural conflict?
(a) It was accepted by one culture, and rejected by another.
(b) It was accepted by all cultures.
(c) It was not accepted by any culture.
(d) It was unheard of in any culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack claim happens when a person brings in a Biblical position to an argument of social discussion?

2. Where was Jesus from?

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

4. What concept was important to the Jewish temple-state, the Greek polis, and the Roman system of government?

5. Where did Rome place its power in the second and first centuries?

(see the answer key)

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