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

2. What does Mack claim is the link that gives the Christian Bible logic and force?
(a) The link between the Jewish temple, and the New Testament.
(b) The link between the Protestant Bible and the Apocrypha.
(c) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the Catholic Church.
(d) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the New Testament.

3. What notion does Mack believe generated enough excitement to influence the formation of different Jesus groups?
(a) The power of Jesus.
(b) The concept of Jesus as son of God.
(c) The power of the state.
(d) The kingdom of God.

4. What two systems helped define the temple-state?
(a) Purity and salvation.
(b) Power and cruelty.
(c) Salvation and logic.
(d) Power and purity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Stoic recommendation for personal virtue?

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

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

4. Why does Mack claim the Bible is constantly consulted?

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

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