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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the disciple teachers known as?

2. What does Mack claim are the building blocks of the Gospel of John?

3. What does Mack argue the Letter to the Hebrews is, in reality?

4. What term replaced "disciples"?

5. Who defended the centrist Christian position from those who challenged it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Marcion of Sinope's logic, in terms of his views of two Gods, and what to do about the Jewish contamination in the gospels?

4. What are the standard writing conventions used in the Acts of the Apostles?

5. What evidence does Mack put forth that the attempts to move into mainstream Christianity worked?

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

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

8. Describe the situation in the empire since the reign of Caligula, in terms of the political mood of the Jews.

9. What are the four types of miracle interpretation occurring in the Gospel of John?

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

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