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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: The Fascination of the Bible.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Centrists seek to prove to the challengers?
(a) That God cared only for the Jews.
(b) That the Christian God was not the same as the Jewish God.
(c) That God did not exist.
(d) That the Christian God was the same as the Jewish God.

2. How did Luke portray Jesus?
(a) A wandering prophet.
(b) A teacher of the Torah.
(c) A powerful deity.
(d) The manifestation of obedience to the spirit.

3. How many books of the New Testament is Paul responsible for, according to Mack?
(a) Five.
(b) Over one half.
(c) All of them.
(d) One.

4. What did the Greek model of civilization give rise to?
(a) Altruism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Satanism.
(d) Social stratification.

5. What does the term "Christ" imply?
(a) That Jesus was God.
(b) That Jesus was the son of God.
(c) That Jesus was mortal.
(d) That Jesus was approved by God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rome place its power in the second and first centuries?

2. What literary method does Mack claim the Bible uses to tie together the Old and New Testament?

3. What problem did Paul define as the human problem?

4. What is a Christ hymn?

5. What does Mack claim about the authors of the sections in the New Testament?

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