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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Paul's letters to the Romans represent?
(a) A plea for the Romans to accept Christianity.
(b) A defense against other missionaries.
(c) A complete statement of his religious ideas.
(d) An angry accusation of lewdness and persecution.

2. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?
(a) King and tyrant.
(b) Nature and tyrants.
(c) Priests and rulers.
(d) Power and nature.

3. What is a Christ hymn?
(a) A genre of poetry to the angels.
(b) A genre of praise poetry.
(c) A song specifically geared toward God.
(d) A song specifically geared toward Jesus.

4. Why does Mack claim the Bible is constantly consulted?
(a) It is important to our politicians.
(b) It is the only book of God.
(c) People require it for their faith.
(d) It is highly important to religious institutions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack claim the Jews had done since the time of David and Solomon?

2. Why did Paul tone down his views of the freedom of Christians?

3. What did Paul stress was important, since they were "members of Christ"?

4. Which group makes up the fifth of the Jesus Movements?

5. What three figures did Paul bring together to combat the concept that the divine spirit was all that mattered?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Mack believes Galilee was the perfect place for social experimentation.

2. Explain Mack's view of how the writings of the New Testament were chosen, and why these choices created centrist Christianity.

3. What were Paul's arguments against the concept that Christians had to follow Jewish law, if they were claiming to be Jewish?

4. What is the catch-22 Mack finds when discussing the New Testament and the origins of the Christian Church?

5. Explain the findings of Carsten Thiede, Mack's response, and what this argument shows.

6. What did Paul mean by "freedom from the law", according to Mack?

7. How did Paul link Christianity to the Greek concept of self control?

8. What three factors surfaced as questions to answer that would help the different culture's relate to one another, and why were they important?

9. What myths did the concept of the death and resurrection of Christ draw upon?

10. What does Mack say about the Bible in early American history?

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