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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. Why does Mack believe the stories in the New Testament were chosen to be included?
(a) They are believed to be written by the prophets.
(b) They produce a history that seems cohesive.
(c) They are the only stories found of the time of Jesus.
(d) They are the most interesting.

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

3. What does the term Judeo-Christian mean?
(a) Local tradition.
(b) Common tradition.
(c) Temple tradition.
(d) Biblical tradition.

4. Why does Mack think putting aside conventional ideas of the origins of Christianity is difficult for some?
(a) Christians have an investment in the idea that the New Testament is true.
(b) Christians have an investment in the idea that the Old Testament is true.
(c) Christians have an investment in the idea that the Church is infallible.
(d) Christians have an investment in the idea that the New Testament is a collection of myths.

5. Why were issues such as homosexuality a source of cultural conflict?
(a) It was accepted by all cultures.
(b) It was accepted by one culture, and rejected by another.
(c) It was unheard of in any culture.
(d) It was not accepted by any culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack note causes some of the differences between the stories of the New Testament?

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

3. What does Mack claim the kingdom of God represented?

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

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

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