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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Jesus from?
(a) Greece.
(b) Italy.
(c) Galilee.
(d) Israel.

2. What is the myth of Jesus' death and resurrection rooted in, according to Mack?
(a) The ideas of the kingdom of God.
(b) The ideas surrounding hero worship.
(c) The concept of divinity.
(d) The concept of martyrdom.

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

4. What does the passage in Romans 3:21-26 say about why Jesus' death was effective?
(a) Because he was faithful.
(b) Because he was the son of God.
(c) Because he was a sinner.
(d) Because he was justified.

5. What does Mack claim is the reason for the many portrayals of Jesus?
(a) Different people changed the true description for political gain.
(b) Different groups developed his image to support their movement.
(c) There is no difference in the portrayals of Jesus.
(d) Different groups saw him differently, based on his age.

6. What was Paul's view on circumcision for the Gentiles?
(a) Paul felt there was no need to circumcise the Gentiles.
(b) Paul never answered the question of circumcision.
(c) Paul let the pillars of Jerusalem answer the question of circumcision.
(d) Paul felt the Gentiles should be circumcised.

7. What does Mack claim the Jews had done since the time of David and Solomon?
(a) Lied about their origins to gain social standing.
(b) Participated in social change.
(c) Revised their epic history.
(d) Recounted their original epic history to retain truth.

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

9. What does Carsten Thiede claim about the Magdalen fragments?
(a) They are not real.
(b) They are from the fourth century.
(c) They are from the eighth century.
(d) They are from the mid first century.

10. Who were the super apostles at Corinth?
(a) Disciples of Paul.
(b) Hebrews and Israelites.
(c) Jews and Protestants.
(d) The Pillars of Jerusalem.

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

12. What two notions was Paul caught between in the question of what to do with those already dead?
(a) The Jewish notion of faith and the Greek concept of religion.
(b) The Jewish concept of purity and the Greek concept of divinity.
(c) The Jewish notion of resurrection and the Greek concept of immortality.
(d) The Jewish notion of the spirit and the Greek concept of the body.

13. Whose stories are mimicked in the Miracle Stories?
(a) The Jewish scriptures.
(b) Roman myth.
(c) Greek mythology.
(d) The Egyptian scriptures.

14. Why does Mack believe the stories in the New Testament were chosen to be included?
(a) They are believed to be written by the prophets.
(b) They are the most interesting.
(c) They produce a history that seems cohesive.
(d) They are the only stories found of the time of Jesus.

15. How many layers of the Gospel Q exist?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many books of the New Testament is Paul responsible for, according to Mack?

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

3. Who were the Judaizers?

4. What did the Christ hymn imply about the domain of Jesus?

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

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