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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) Revised their epic history.
(c) Participated in social change.
(d) Recounted their original epic history to retain truth.

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

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

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

5. When does Mack claim the books of the New Testament were written?
(a) From the 50s in the first century to the middle of the second century.
(b) From the end of the second century to the end of the fourth century.
(c) During the life of Jesus.
(d) During the ninth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the layers of Q is least embellished?

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

3. What does the term Judeo-Christian mean?

4. In the temple-state model of civilization, what system does the priest represent?

5. What does Mack suggest as a reason that Mark was overly critical of the disciples of Jerusalem?

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