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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 does Mack suggest as a reason that Mark was overly critical of the disciples of Jerusalem?
(a) They believed in the concept of Jesus as God.
(b) They adhered to the Jewish purity codes.
(c) They disobeyed the Jewish purity codes.
(d) They believed in the creation myth.

2. Which of the layers of Q is least embellished?
(a) The first.
(b) The second.
(c) The fifth.
(d) The third.

3. Why is Paul's' letter to the Romans different from his other letters?
(a) He wrote the Romans for different reasons.
(b) The letter was written in anger.
(c) He wrote the Romans to ask for funding.
(d) The letter was not written by Paul.

4. What two notions was Paul caught between in the question of what to do with those already dead?
(a) The Jewish notion of faith and the Greek concept of religion.
(b) The Jewish notion of resurrection and the Greek concept of immortality.
(c) The Jewish concept of purity and the Greek concept of divinity.
(d) The Jewish notion of the spirit and the Greek concept of the body.

5. What is contained in the Gospel of Thomas?
(a) Stories of creation.
(b) Stories of the disciples.
(c) The myth of the resurrection.
(d) The sayings of Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were some artifacts that helped preserve one's culture?

2. When would eternal life be obtained, according the Mack's depiction of Paul's letters to the Thessalonians?

3. Why does Mack state that people become silent when confronted with Biblical information?

4. What does Mack note causes some of the differences between the stories of the New Testament?

5. In the temple-state model of civilization, what system does the king represent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why social tension began to mount within the new mixed society of Greco-Roman times, and how these groups tried to keep their culture.

2. What were some of the problems exporting the Athens model of society?

3. What is the third Jesus movement discussed in the book, and what is/are the primary components of the movement's teachings?

4. Explain what was meant by Jesus in referring to his body as the bread, and his blood as the wine.

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

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

7. Describe the concept of the polis.

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

9. Explain why Paul is so important to views of Christianity, according to Mack.

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

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