View a FREE sample

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. What are the two activities Mack gives credit to in terms of the creation of Christian beliefs?
(a) Social disintegration and intellectual stimulus.
(b) Social formation and mythmaking.
(c) Social conflict and experimentation.
(d) Apocalyptic preaching and fantasy.

2. Which group makes up the fifth of the Jesus Movements?
(a) The Pillars in Jerusalem
(b) The Jewish.
(c) The People of Q.
(d) The disciples of Thomas.

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

4. What feature of the Christ cult does Mack claim Paul found irresistible?
(a) The concept of an unmixed social group.
(b) The concept of a social group with mixed ethnicity and social status.
(c) The concept of a social group of only the lower class.
(d) The concept of a group dedicated to Jesus and the Jewish codes of cleanliness.

5. What does Mack claim is the link that gives the Christian Bible logic and force?
(a) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the Catholic Church.
(b) The link between the Protestant Bible and the Apocrypha.
(c) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the New Testament.
(d) The link between the Jewish temple, and the New Testament.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the Judaizers?

2. What is an epic according to Mack?

3. What was contained in the "Jefferson Bible"?

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

5. What does Mack claim about the image of Christ asking his disciples to eat and drink of him?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 395 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample