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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 the Jews had done since the time of David and Solomon?
(a) Lied about their origins to gain social standing.
(b) Participated in social change.
(c) Revised their epic history.
(d) Recounted their original epic history to retain truth.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two Gods from different cultures were seen to be the same?

2. What notion does Mack believe generated enough excitement to influence the formation of different Jesus groups?

3. What does Mack claim is the reason for the many portrayals of Jesus?

4. What was contained in the "Jefferson Bible"?

5. What does Mack suggest the taking up of residence in Jerusalem signifies for the group?

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