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

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

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

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

5. Who was the leader of the empire who tried to have his images placed in the temple of Jerusalem?
(a) Nero.
(b) Caligula.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Arippa I.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first act in Valentinus' cosmic drama?

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

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

4. How did early Christians think of their world?

5. Who began to give an account of the new religion to Greeks, Romans, and others?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the significant differences between the Pauline and Johannine traditions, as discussed by Mack in chapter 8?

2. How does the Gospel of John differ from that of Mark?

3. Explain the observations Mack claims are important about Mark's use of the pronouncement stories.

4. What two values are integrated in the Letters of Ignatius, and what is the result?

5. What is Mack's argument about why John wrote Revelations?

6. Describe Matthew's depiction of Jesus.

7. What are the major points of the sermons contained in the Acts, according to Mack?

8. What are the three themes that dominate the story of Jesus and his resurrection in the Gospel of Luke?

9. What were the two key arguments that the centrists tried to use against the non-centrist positions of Valentinus and Marcion?

10. Explain the conversion of Constantine, and why it was pivotal in the creation of the Bible.

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