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

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Greek model of civilization give rise to?

2. What does the term Judeo-Christian mean?

3. What two Gods from different cultures were seen to be the same?

4. In the temple-state model of civilization, what system does the king represent?

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

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