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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 the author say the Cynics challenged?
(a) Class systems.
(b) The need for war.
(c) Traditional ideas.
(d) Dietary matters.

2. Which stories does the author break down and analyze at the end of this section?
(a) The birth stories.
(b) The burial stories.
(c) The resurrection stories.
(d) The crucific stories.

3. Complete the following sentence: "careful to distinguish between the rich and the poor, the powerful and the powerless... the aristocrat and the..."
(a) Destitute.
(b) Peasant.
(c) Plebarian.
(d) Commoner.

4. What title was Jesus' brother bestowed with?
(a) The Just.
(b) The Jinx.
(c) The Honest.
(d) The Lithe.

5. Which of the following does the author not mention as one of the constraints Jesus lived under?
(a) Economic.
(b) Gender.
(c) Faith.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose gospel does the author quote extensively from in this section?

2. What does the author state was different about Jesus and his beliefs about the Kingdom of God?

3. What are the two traditional spiritual responses to evil in the world?

4. Where was the unnamed woman from?

5. What does the author say the revelations in the New Testament were defined by?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the quote at the beginning of part five comment on?

2. What does the quote at the beginning of part six comment on?

3. In what way could Christians have a problem with the author factualizing the crucifixion?

4. What does the author say about Pontius Pilate?

5. What effect did the patrron/client relationship have on Greco-Roman society?

6. What was Jesus' opinion of Bethany?

7. What does the author say was the intention of the resurrection stories?

8. In what way does the author think Jesus challenged society by touching the leper?

9. How influential does the author think other philosophies were on Jesus' teachings?

10. Why does the author quote extensively from the gospel of St. Luke?

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