View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Greek concept of civilization?
(a) The Church.
(b) The temple-state.
(c) The city-state.
(d) The republic.

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

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

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

5. When does Mack claim the books of the New Testament were written?
(a) From the end of the second century to the end of the fourth century.
(b) During the life of Jesus.
(c) From the 50s in the first century to the middle of the second century.
(d) During the ninth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Stoic recommendation for personal virtue?

2. Why does Mack state that people become silent when confronted with Biblical information?

3. What does the term Judeo-Christian mean?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 269 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample