Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Burton L. Mack
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 158 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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

2. What two Gods from different cultures were seen to be the same?
(a) Hermes and Thoth.
(b) Athena and Zeus.
(c) Osiris and Isis.
(d) Philo and Alexandria.

3. What does Mack claim the kingdom of God represented?
(a) An alternative to hell.
(b) An alternative to purgatory.
(c) An alternative to simple death.
(d) An alternative to the current society.

4. Where was Jesus from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Galilee.
(c) Greece.
(d) Israel.

5. What role did women play in associations?
(a) Women played the role of caretaker to the association.
(b) Women served as members, patrons, and leaders.
(c) Women played a role supportive to the men.
(d) Women played no role in associations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What way did ethnic or cultural groups create small social units within the larger culture they found themselves in?

3. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?

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

5. What is an epic according to Mack?

(see the answer key)

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