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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Paul and His Gospels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is featured in the Gospel of Thomas that is missing in the Book of Q?
(a) References to the disciples.
(b) References to the resurrection.
(c) References to creation.
(d) References to God.

2. What was the Stoic recommendation for personal virtue?
(a) That man could never learn what was naturally right.
(b) That man could only pretend to know what was naturally right.
(c) That man could learn what was naturally right.
(d) That man should avoid what was naturally right.

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

4. Who were the Judaizers?
(a) Jewish Christian missionaries who disagreed with Paul's freedom from the law gospel.
(b) Jewish Christian missionaries who agreed with Paul's freedom from the law gospel.
(c) Jewish missionaries who disagreed with Christianity.
(d) Christian missionaries who sought to bring about the end of the Jews.

5. What role did women play in associations?
(a) Women served as members, patrons, and leaders.
(b) Women played a role supportive to the men.
(c) Women played no role in associations.
(d) Women played the role of caretaker to the association.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul's argument do to Jews and Christians?

2. Where was Jesus from?

3. Why does Mack believe the stories in the New Testament were chosen to be included?

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

5. What does Mack claim about the various groups that formed in the schools of Jesus?

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