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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. What does Paul ask Philemon to do with Onesimus?
(a) Send him into exile.
(b) Punish him as God would punish him.
(c) Receive him without punishment.
(d) Kill him.

2. What is contained in the Gospel of Thomas?
(a) Stories of creation.
(b) Stories of the disciples.
(c) The sayings of Jesus.
(d) The myth of the resurrection.

3. What does Mack note the Corinthians are the first example of?
(a) A congregation gone awry.
(b) A Hellenistic, urban congregation.
(c) A congregation of Paul's disciples.
(d) A congregation of Jews.

4. What does Mack claim the kingdom of God represented?
(a) An alternative to hell.
(b) An alternative to simple death.
(c) An alternative to purgatory.
(d) An alternative to the current society.

5. What does Mack claim was the slogan for Paul's gospel?
(a) Freedom from sin.
(b) Freedom from exile.
(c) Freedom from persecution.
(d) Freedom from the law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack say the Christ cult laid the foundation for?

2. What did Paul stress was important, since they were "members of Christ"?

3. What two realms did the Corinthians combine?

4. What does Mack claim happens when a person brings in a Biblical position to an argument of social discussion?

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

(see the answer key)

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