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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Paul's Letters to the Greeks and Romans.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mack argue Paul saw the Christ myth as, in terms of the State of Israel?
(a) Mack claims Paul saw the Christ myth as a call to circumcise the gentiles in Israel.
(b) Mack claims Paul saw the Christ myth as a call to exile gentiles from Israel.
(c) Mack claims Paul saw the Christ myth as a call to explained the borders of Israel to include gentiles.
(d) Mack claims Paul saw the Christ myth as a call to take over all of the the Mediterranean.

3. What did Paul's Jewish sensibility place high value on?
(a) Honor.
(b) Holiness.
(c) Divinity.
(d) Community.

4. 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.

5. Why did Paul tone down his views of the freedom of Christians?
(a) He did not want a repeat of the out of control behaviors at Corinth.
(b) He wanted to tie down Christians to make them more holy.
(c) He was told by God to tame the behaviors of man.
(d) He was reverting back to his Jewish roots.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is an epic according to Mack?

3. How did the Christ cult differ form the Jesus movement?

4. What does Mack claim the kingdom of God represented?

5. What are sophists?

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