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

2. What concept was important to the Jewish temple-state, the Greek polis, and the Roman system of government?
(a) Politics.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Law.
(d) Divinity.

3. What does Mack claim the kingdom of God represented?
(a) An alternative to the current society.
(b) An alternative to hell.
(c) An alternative to simple death.
(d) An alternative to purgatory.

4. Why does Mack claim groups are forming outside the boundaries of religion to study the Bible?
(a) They hope to discover fundamental truths from the past.
(b) They hope to find salvation.
(c) They hope to find solutions to political issues.
(d) They hope to find their faith.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Mack claim Columbus studied the Bible?

(see the answer key)

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