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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 were some artifacts that helped preserve one's culture?
(a) Gestures and behaviors.
(b) Temples and cities.
(c) Books, statues, and symbols.
(d) Language and writing.

2. What does Mack suggest as a reason that Mark was overly critical of the disciples of Jerusalem?
(a) They disobeyed the Jewish purity codes.
(b) They believed in the creation myth.
(c) They believed in the concept of Jesus as God.
(d) They adhered to the Jewish purity codes.

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

4. What is the name of the form of mythmaking Mack notes these early Jesus people were engaged in?
(a) Epic mythmaking.
(b) Epic revision.
(c) Epic authorship.
(d) Epic tradition.

5. How many layers of the Gospel Q exist?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Mack state that people become silent when confronted with Biblical information?

3. What does Mack claim is the link that gives the Christian Bible logic and force?

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

5. What is an epic according to Mack?

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