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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the star from Chapter 13 to the end of the Acts of the Apostles?
(a) Peter.
(b) Paul.
(c) Jude.
(d) John.

3. What did Justin argue to the Romans about Christianity?
(a) That it actually helped them.
(b) That it was better than Judaism.
(c) That it hurt their government.
(d) That all Christians should be exiled.

4. What is the only feature that all Christian religions have in common?
(a) Alms for the poor.
(b) Reliance on the Bible.
(c) Prayers to Mary.
(d) Prayers for the sick.

5. Who began to give an account of the new religion to Greeks, Romans, and others?
(a) Local Bishops.
(b) Jewish intellectuals.
(c) Roman rulers.
(d) Christian intellectuals.

6. How does John portray Jesus, according to Mack?
(a) As the spirit of God.
(b) As a teacher.
(c) As a cosmic Lord.
(d) As a powerful ruler.

7. What collection of early Christian texts does the Didache now belong to?
(a) Revelations.
(b) The Dead Sea Scrolls.
(c) The Apostolic Fathers.
(d) Acts of the Apostles.

8. What was Valentinus' claim about what Christ made possible, in terms of knowledge of God?
(a) That Christ made it possible to know God through scripture.
(b) That Christ made it possible to know God by acquaintance.
(c) That Christ made it possible to know about God.
(d) That Christ made it possible to know God through apostles.

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

10. What list became the Christian Bible?
(a) The list of Eusebius.
(b) The list of Jerome's translations.
(c) The letter of Trier.
(d) The Festal Letter of Athenasius.

11. What did Clement argue about the "new song" of Christianity?
(a) It was based on Judaism.
(b) It was a new, vibrant way to view God.
(c) It was an incorrect theory.
(d) It was not new at all.

12. What is Ignatius' second appeal in his letters to the churches?
(a) For the congregations to obey their bishops.
(b) For the congregations to become martyrs.
(c) For the congregations to rise up against Rome.
(d) For the congregations to pray for Ignatius.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the time of the writing of Revelations, what does Mack argue the Christians were being accused of by the Romans?

2. What did Justin say about the treatment of the Jews by God, in terms of the fall of the temple and the diaspora?

3. What became an interest for early third century scholars?

4. What does canon mean?

5. What does Mack claim about Paul's letters to Colossians and Ephesians?

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