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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Jesus movement begin their change to the Christ cult?
(a) Northern Syria.
(b) Eastern Syria.
(c) Western Syria.
(d) Southern Syria.

2. What role did women play in associations?
(a) Women played no role in associations.
(b) Women served as members, patrons, and leaders.
(c) Women played a role supportive to the men.
(d) Women played the role of caretaker to the association.

3. In the temple-state model of civilization, what system does the king represent?
(a) Power.
(b) Purity.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Logic.

4. What are the two activities Mack gives credit to in terms of the creation of Christian beliefs?
(a) Social conflict and experimentation.
(b) Social formation and mythmaking.
(c) Apocalyptic preaching and fantasy.
(d) Social disintegration and intellectual stimulus.

5. 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 produce a history that seems cohesive.
(c) They are the most interesting.
(d) They are the only stories found of the time of Jesus.

6. What does Paul ask Philemon to do with Onesimus?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Punish him as God would punish him.
(c) Send him into exile.
(d) Receive him without punishment.

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

8. What does Mack claim is the link that gives the Christian Bible logic and force?
(a) The link between the Protestant Bible and the Apocrypha.
(b) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the Catholic Church.
(c) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the New Testament.
(d) The link between the Jewish temple, and the New Testament.

9. What did the Christ hymn imply about the domain of Jesus?
(a) It encompassed all people.
(b) It diminished in size.
(c) It encompassed only the gentiles.
(d) It encompassed only the Jews.

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

11. What is featured in the Gospel of Thomas that is missing in the Book of Q?
(a) References to God.
(b) References to creation.
(c) References to the disciples.
(d) References to the resurrection.

12. What were some artifacts that helped preserve one's culture?
(a) Books, statues, and symbols.
(b) Language and writing.
(c) Gestures and behaviors.
(d) Temples and cities.

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

14. What became the sign of belonging to the new fellowship that became the Christ cult?
(a) Praying together.
(b) Fighting together.
(c) Singing together.
(d) Eating together.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack note causes some of the differences between the stories of the New Testament?

2. What two notions was Paul caught between in the question of what to do with those already dead?

3. What are sophists?

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

5. What does Mack claim about the image of Christ asking his disciples to eat and drink of him?

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