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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 celebrated his spirit.
(b) It focused on Jesus' life and his teachings.
(c) It focused on Jesus' life and celebrated his spirit.
(d) It focused on Jesus' death and his teachings.

2. What does each of these movements attempt to link Jesus to, according to Mack?
(a) The kingdom of God.
(b) The fight against Rome.
(c) The grand traditions of Israel.
(d) Jerusalem.

3. 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 bored.
(c) All thinking and reasonable discussion stops.
(d) People become angry.

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

5. What does Paul assure the Thessalonians in terms of "those who had died"?
(a) That those who died in sin would not be with God after death.
(b) That those who died with God will live with God.
(c) That those who died with God will never die.
(d) That those who died before Christ could still be saved.

6. What did early people think their society was based on?
(a) The model of the universe.
(b) The model of the gods.
(c) The model of the Church.
(d) The model of the Jewish state.

7. Why is Paul's' letter to the Romans different from his other letters?
(a) The letter was not written by Paul.
(b) He wrote the Romans to ask for funding.
(c) The letter was written in anger.
(d) He wrote the Romans for different reasons.

8. When does Mack claim the books of the New Testament were written?
(a) From the end of the second century to the end of the fourth century.
(b) During the ninth century.
(c) During the life of Jesus.
(d) From the 50s in the first century to the middle of the second century.

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

10. Why does Mack claim groups are forming outside the boundaries of religion to study the Bible?
(a) They hope to find salvation.
(b) They hope to discover fundamental truths from the past.
(c) They hope to find their faith.
(d) They hope to find solutions to political issues.

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

12. What do the pillars in the Jerusalem group do that other Jesus movements do not?
(a) Adhere to the Jewish purity codes.
(b) Disobey Jewish purity codes.
(c) Believe in the creation myth.
(d) Believe in the concept of Jesus as a god.

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

14. What three figures did Paul bring together to combat the concept that the divine spirit was all that mattered?
(a) The individual, Christ, and God.
(b) The individual, Christ, and the congregation.
(c) The mind, body, and soul.
(d) The heart, mind, and soul.

15. What does Mack claim about the Book of Isaiah?
(a) It was the same as the information in the Christ hymn.
(b) It was not used as a source for the imagery in the Christ hymn.
(c) It was used as a source for the imagery in the Christ hymn.
(d) It did not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack claim is the reason for the many portrayals of Jesus?

2. What became the sign of belonging to the new fellowship that became the Christ cult?

3. Where was Jesus from?

4. What is featured in the Gospel of Thomas that is missing in the Book of Q?

5. What does Mack claim about the various groups that formed in the schools of Jesus?

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