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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 feature of the Jerusalem group allows readers to build a profile?
(a) The leaders' political ambitions are known.
(b) The leaders' home states are known.
(c) The leaders' religions are known.
(d) The leaders' names are known.

2. What did the Christ hymn imply about the domain of Jesus?
(a) It diminished in size.
(b) It encompassed only the Jews.
(c) It encompassed all people.
(d) It encompassed only the gentiles.

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

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

5. What does Mack note is mythmaking on a cosmic scale, in terms of the Christ hymn in Philippians 2:6-11?
(a) The concept of Jesus as a religious leader.
(b) The reference to Jesus as son of God.
(c) The reference to Jesus as a martyr.
(d) The reference to Jesus as lord.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Paul argue was the seed of Abraham?

2. Why does Mack claim the Bible is constantly consulted?

3. What does Mack claim the Jews had done since the time of David and Solomon?

4. What is contained in the Gospel of Thomas?

5. What does the term "Christ" imply?

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