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

2. When did Jesus Movements start in Galilee?
(a) In the late first century.
(b) During the 30s of the first century.
(c) At the end of the last century, B.C.E.
(d) During the 20s of the second century.

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

4. What role did women play in associations?
(a) Women played a role supportive to the men.
(b) Women played the role of caretaker to the association.
(c) Women served as members, patrons, and leaders.
(d) Women played no role in associations.

5. What is an epic according to Mack?
(a) An examination of the past to reveal public policy.
(b) A look at the past to discover previous laws.
(c) A hope for a brighter future.
(d) A rehearsal of the past that puts the present in its light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack note is mythmaking on a cosmic scale, in terms of the Christ hymn in Philippians 2:6-11?

2. What are the two activities Mack gives credit to in terms of the creation of Christian beliefs?

3. Why did Paul tone down his views of the freedom of Christians?

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

5. What does Mack believe the figure of Jesus became with the Pronouncement Stories?

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