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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Teachings From the Jesus Movements.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mack claim about the authors of the sections in the New Testament?
(a) They were descendants of Jesus.
(b) They are not the people each section is attributed to.
(c) They are the people each section is attributed to.
(d) They were uneducated militants, rebelling against the Church.

2. Whose stories are mimicked in the Miracle Stories?
(a) The Jewish scriptures.
(b) Greek mythology.
(c) Roman myth.
(d) The Egyptian scriptures.

3. What two Gods from different cultures were seen to be the same?
(a) Osiris and Isis.
(b) Hermes and Thoth.
(c) Athena and Zeus.
(d) Philo and Alexandria.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is featured in the Gospel of Thomas that is missing in the Book of Q?

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

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

5. What were some artifacts that helped preserve one's culture?

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