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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Claiming Israel's Epic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Clement argue about the "new song" of Christianity?
(a) It was not new at all.
(b) It was based on Judaism.
(c) It was a new, vibrant way to view God.
(d) It was an incorrect theory.

2. What does Mack claim the author of the Acts of the Apostles set out to show?
(a) Agreement among the apostles.
(b) Disagreement between Christianity and Judaism.
(c) Agreement between Christianity and Judaism.
(d) Disagreement among the apostles.

3. 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.

4. What did Paul's argument do to Jews and Christians?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Set Jews in opposition to Christians.
(c) Made the two into one religion.
(d) Put the two together in brotherhood.

5. What does Mack claim happens when a person brings in a Biblical position to an argument of social discussion?
(a) People become angry.
(b) People become bored.
(c) All religious history is brought up.
(d) All thinking and reasonable discussion stops.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the time of the writing of Revelations, what does Mack argue the Christians were being accused of by the Romans?

2. What does Mack argue the Letter to the Hebrews is, in reality?

3. Who began to give an account of the new religion to Greeks, Romans, and others?

4. What did the Centrists seek to prove to the challengers?

5. What does Mack argue the Gospel of Matthew is a document for?

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