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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 does Mack argue John was worried about, which resulted in his authorship of Revelations?
(a) Sickness and affliction.
(b) False teachings and affliction.
(c) Persecution and execution.
(d) False teaching and sickness.

2. Why does Mack state that people become silent when confronted with Biblical information?
(a) People have too much time invested in the study of the Bible.
(b) There is little public knowledge about the Bible.
(c) There is too much public knowledge about the Bible.
(d) People are afraid to be incorrect in their interpretations of the Bible.

3. When does Mack claim most of the works discussed in Chapter 8 were written?
(a) The eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries.
(b) The second, third, and fourth centuries.
(c) The fifth century.
(d) The first century.

4. What was the Greek concept of civilization?
(a) The temple-state.
(b) The Church.
(c) The city-state.
(d) The republic.

5. What does Mack note causes some of the differences between the stories of the New Testament?
(a) They were written by different people of the same group.
(b) They were written by different people from different groups.
(c) They were written by one person, posing as different people.
(d) They were written by the same person over the course of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack claim are the building blocks of the Gospel of John?

2. When do scholars place the writing of the Gospel of John?

3. How many miracles occur in the Gospel of John?

4. What was Valentinus' claim about what Christ made possible, in terms of knowledge of God?

5. Why were the revisions of the scriptures not convincing before 70 C.E.?

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