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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the writer of the gospel of Luke write the gospel, according to Mack?
(a) A location near the Aegean Sea.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Rome.
(d) Nazareth.

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) Martyrdoms.
(c) Successions.
(d) Apostolic Fathers.

3. 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 apostles.
(b) That Christ made it possible to know God through scripture.
(c) That Christ made it possible to know about God.
(d) That Christ made it possible to know God by acquaintance.

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

5. What was the shift in mythmaking, according to Mack, that occurred at the turn of the second century?
(a) Christians began to leave behind the gospels.
(b) Christians began to attribute more writings to Jesus himself.
(c) Christians began to disassociate from John.
(d) Christians began to associate gospels with disciples.

6. What does canon mean?
(a) Norm or standard.
(b) A religious book.
(c) A date or time.
(d) A book of history.

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

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

9. What does Mack argue John was worried about, which resulted in his authorship of Revelations?
(a) False teaching and sickness.
(b) Persecution and execution.
(c) False teachings and affliction.
(d) Sickness and affliction.

10. What does Mack believe the authors intended to convey by having Peter and James defend Paul's ideas about Jewish law?
(a) That the Christian message was meant for Jews.
(b) That the Christian message was meant for gentiles.
(c) That the Christian message was not meant for gentiles.
(d) That the Christian message was not meant for Jews.

11. When do scholars place the writing of the Gospel of John?
(a) In the 1800s.
(b) In the third century.
(c) In the 90s.
(d) Before Christ.

12. How many miracles occur in the Gospel of John?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Epistles of Peter and Jude called the Catholic epistles?

2. It is as important for the disciples to be apostles as it is for Jesus to be ___________________.

3. Who is the star from Chapter 13 to the end of the Acts of the Apostles?

4. What does Mack argue the Gospel of Matthew is a document for?

5. What does Mack claim was added to John 19:35?

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