2. What is the term for "a small group of writings believes to have been written by bishops and others" who knew the apostles?
(a) Revelations.
(b) Apostolic Fathers.
(c) Martyrdoms.
(d) Successions.

3. What does Mack argue is the point of Paul's letters to Timothy and Titus?
(a) For people to follow the gospel and the instructions of Jesus.
(b) For people to follow the gospel and the instructions of the overseer.
(c) For people to follow the gospel and the instructions of God.
(d) For people to follow the gospel and the instructions of the Romans.

4. What does Mack argue the Letter to the Hebrews is, in reality?
(a) A philosophical exhortation.
(b) False letters from the Jewish leaders.
(c) A statement of principle.
(d) Letters that should be attributed to Paul.

5. What was the core objective of the epic of Israel through the end of the second temple?
(a) The establishment of the Church.
(b) The confirmation of God as a Jewish myth.
(c) The establishment of the temple-state.
(d) The confirmation of the death of Christ.

6. Why did the book of Hebrews not succeed?
(a) It was too intellectual.
(b) It was too long.
(c) It was illogical.
(d) It was against the Jews.

7. What term replaced "disciples"?
(a) Followers.
(b) Acolytes.
(c) Cultists.
(d) Apostles.

8. What does the gospel of Matthew argue Jesus' teachings were based on?
(a) The gospel of Luke.
(b) The gospel of Q.
(c) The gospel of Mark.
(d) The Torah.

9. What do the sermons in the Acts attempt to do?
(a) Validate the claims of Jesus.
(b) Validate God.
(c) Validate the authority of the disciples.
(d) Validate the rights of the Jews.

10. What does Mack claim both Marcion and Valentinus offered?
(a) A way to avoid God.
(b) A revised way to view God.
(c) An ancient way to view God.
(d) A new way to view God.

11. What two sources does Mack claim Matthew used for his gospel?
(a) The book of Q and the gospel of Luke.
(b) The book of Q and the gospel of Mark.
(c) The book of Q and the gospel of the Christ cult.
(d) The gospel of Mark and the gospel of Luke.

12. Why does Mack argue Jesus' death is qualitatively different from all other deaths of the prophets?
(a) Jesus was a martyr.
(b) Jesus was the enemy of the state.
(c) Jesus was the son of God.
(d) Jesus was immortal.

13. Who defended the centrist Christian position from those who challenged it?
(a) Valentinus.
(b) Marcion.
(c) Justin Martyr.
(d) Philo.

14. What does Mack call the Christian myth, in terms of its completion?
(a) A complete fictitious myth.
(b) An incomplete historical reference.
(c) A completed canon.
(d) An unfinished epic.

15. What did Justin say about the treatment of the Jews by God, in terms of the fall of the temple and the diaspora?
(a) They deserved it because they were bad people.
(b) They deserved it because they were corrupt.
(c) They deserved it because they were wrong.
(d) They deserved it because they were not Christian.