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

2. What does Mack claim about the image of Christ asking his disciples to eat and drink of him?
(a) It is imaginary.
(b) It is historical.
(c) It is literary.
(d) It is impossible.

3. Why does Mack claim that the Jesus cult succeeded?
(a) People liked the idea of a martyr.
(b) People liked the idea of freedom.
(c) People liked the idea of God.
(d) People liked the idea of a kingdom.

4. Why does Mack call the Christ cult the first Christians?
(a) They were the first to use the word Christ to refer to Jesus.
(b) They called themselves Christians.
(c) They were the first to create a hymn to Jesus.
(d) They were the first to mention the resurrection.

5. Why does Mack think putting aside conventional ideas of the origins of Christianity is difficult for some?
(a) Christians have an investment in the idea that the New Testament is a collection of myths.
(b) Christians have an investment in the idea that the New Testament is true.
(c) Christians have an investment in the idea that the Church is infallible.
(d) Christians have an investment in the idea that the Old Testament is true.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the two activities Mack gives credit to in terms of the creation of Christian beliefs?

3. What does Mack claim the Christ hymn was the result of?

4. What does Mack compare the Pronouncement Stories to in Chapter 2?

5. What does each of these movements attempt to link Jesus to, according to Mack?

(see the answer key)

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