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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. 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 not accepted by any culture.
(c) It was accepted by all cultures.
(d) It was unheard of in any culture.

2. Where did Rome place its power in the second and first centuries?
(a) In its laborers.
(b) In its politicians.
(c) In its field commanders.
(d) In its priests.

3. In the temple-state model of civilization, what system does the priest represent?
(a) Power.
(b) Purity.
(c) Logic.
(d) Salvation.

4. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?
(a) Nature and tyrants.
(b) Power and nature.
(c) King and tyrant.
(d) Priests and rulers.

5. What are the two activities Mack gives credit to in terms of the creation of Christian beliefs?
(a) Social formation and mythmaking.
(b) Apocalyptic preaching and fantasy.
(c) Social disintegration and intellectual stimulus.
(d) Social conflict and experimentation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did women play in associations?

2. Why does Mack claim the Bible was important by the end of the fourth century?

3. What does Mack claim about the authors of the sections in the New Testament?

4. What is an epic according to Mack?

5. What does Mack claim is the link that gives the Christian Bible logic and force?

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