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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Christ cult differ form the Jesus movement?
(a) It focused on Jesus' death and his teachings.
(b) It focused on Jesus' life and celebrated his spirit.
(c) It focused on Jesus' life and his teachings.
(d) It focused on Jesus' death and celebrated his spirit.

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

3. What does Mack suggest the taking up of residence in Jerusalem signifies for the group?
(a) A political agenda.
(b) A loyalty to the Pharisee.
(c) A religious agenda.
(d) A disrespect for Jewish tradition.

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

5. What did Paul's Jewish sensibility place high value on?
(a) Holiness.
(b) Divinity.
(c) Honor.
(d) Community.

6. Which group makes up the fifth of the Jesus Movements?
(a) The disciples of Thomas.
(b) The Pillars in Jerusalem
(c) The People of Q.
(d) The Jewish.

7. What are sophists?
(a) Believers in the Jewish faith.
(b) Paid members of the Church.
(c) Wandering teachers who offered insights and knowledge.
(d) Teachers of religious theory in schools.

8. What does Mack claim the Christ hymn was the result of?
(a) A lie by the disciples.
(b) A vision of Paul.
(c) A conflict of authority.
(d) A burning desire for a personal Deity.

9. What notion does Mack believe generated enough excitement to influence the formation of different Jesus groups?
(a) The kingdom of God.
(b) The concept of Jesus as son of God.
(c) The power of the state.
(d) The power of Jesus.

10. What does Mack say the Christ cult laid the foundation for?
(a) A Roman-Christian war.
(b) A distinctly Christian mentality.
(c) A battle between the Christ cult and the Jesus movements.
(d) The Church.

11. What did Paul stress was important, since they were "members of Christ"?
(a) The soul.
(b) The body.
(c) The mind.
(d) The spirit.

12. What was Paul's first argument against the idea that Christians should practice Jewish law?
(a) That the Christians were Jesus' children.
(b) That he has already won his position with the pillars of Jerusalem.
(c) That the Jewish were unreasonable in their laws.
(d) That the Christians were immune to the law of Jewish tradition.

13. Why does Mack claim the Bible was important by the end of the fourth century?
(a) It gave the Church credentials for a role in Jewish history.
(b) It gave the Church credentials in the eyes of early Christians.
(c) It gave the Church credentials for a role in the history of Israel.
(d) It gave the Church credentials for a role in Constantine's empire.

14. What two systems helped define the temple-state?
(a) Purity and salvation.
(b) Salvation and logic.
(c) Power and cruelty.
(d) Power and purity.

15. What does Mack claim is the purpose of the Miracle Stories of Mark?
(a) To explain the supernatural powers of the disciples.
(b) To explain historic facts of Jesus.
(c) To create the impression of a divine power.
(d) To describe the wonders of faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack claim about the Book of Isaiah?

2. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?

3. What does each of these movements attempt to link Jesus to, according to Mack?

4. What role did women play in associations?

5. What do Paul's letters to the Romans represent?

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