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 did the Greek model of civilization give rise to?
(a) Altruism.
(b) Social stratification.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Satanism.

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

3. What way did ethnic or cultural groups create small social units within the larger culture they found themselves in?
(a) They met in educational institutions.
(b) They created fellowships and associations.
(c) They worked with one another.
(d) They met in government.

4. Why does Mack claim Columbus studied the Bible?
(a) To teach the natives of Jesus.
(b) To strengthen his faith.
(c) To teach his men of its teachings.
(d) To plan his voyages.

5. What was the Stoic recommendation for personal virtue?
(a) That man could never learn what was naturally right.
(b) That man could only pretend to know what was naturally right.
(c) That man could learn what was naturally right.
(d) That man should avoid what was naturally right.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were some artifacts that helped preserve one's culture?

2. Why does Mack claim groups are forming outside the boundaries of religion to study the Bible?

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

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

5. What are the two activities Mack gives credit to in terms of the creation of Christian beliefs?

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