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

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?

2. Where was Jesus from?

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

4. Why does Mack claim the Bible was important by the end of the fourth century?

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

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