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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Mack argue at the end of Chapter 8 became the beloved disciple?
(a) John.
(b) Mark.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Paul.

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

4. When does Mack argue Mark's gospel was written?
(a) Prior to the birth of Christ.
(b) After the Roman-Jewish war.
(c) During the fourth century.
(d) Before the Roman-Jewish war.

5. What does Mark's gospel do to the disciples that the story of Q did not?
(a) Kills them.
(b) Names them.
(c) Ignores them.
(d) Worships them.

6. What does Mack argue the Gospel of Matthew is a document for?
(a) Jewish Christianity.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Judaism.
(d) The Christ cult.

7. What does the Didache contain?
(a) Instructions for congregations.
(b) Sayings of Jesus.
(c) The Gospel of Thomas.
(d) The Commandments.

8. What does Mack claim are the building blocks of the Gospel of John?
(a) The references to Mark.
(b) The references to Q.
(c) The proclamation stories.
(d) The miracle stories.

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

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

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

12. How did Mark portray Jesus?
(a) As a backdrop to Jewish scripture.
(b) As a teacher.
(c) As a powerful authority figure.
(d) As a God.

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

14. During the time of the writing of Revelations, what does Mack argue the Christians were being accused of by the Romans?
(a) Extortion.
(b) Disloyalty.
(c) Theft.
(d) Murder.

15. Where did Justin claim the Greek philosophers received their wisdom?
(a) From Abraham.
(b) From Moses.
(c) From the Greek gods.
(d) From the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the core objective of the epic of Israel through the end of the second temple?

2. When do scholars place the writing of the Gospel of John?

3. Where did the writer of the gospel of Luke write the gospel, according to Mack?

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

5. What did Justin argue to the Romans about Christianity?

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