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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the clues left at a crime scene help investigators determine?
(a) The reason for the crime.
(b) Why the crime occured.
(c) The criminal's psychological makeup.
(d) Where the next crime will occur.

2. Who believes Jesus did not say 82 percent of what is attributed to him in the gospels?
(a) Richard Hayes.
(b) Strobel.
(c) The Jesus Seminar.
(d) The Pope.

3. Who first recorded that Peter's firsthand accounts were accurate?
(a) Mark.
(b) Paul.
(c) Papyrus.
(d) Peter himself.

4. Who, according to the writings of Josephus, was responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus?
(a) Jesus himself.
(b) God.
(c) Pontius Pilate.
(d) An unnamed accuser.

5. What are the three parts into which the author chooses to break the book?
(a) Question, study, and focus.
(b) Interview, listen, and read.
(c) Examine, analyze, and research.
(d) Study, discuss, evaluate.

6. Which of the author's interviewees has experience as an archeological expert in the Middle East?
(a) McRay.
(b) Boyd.
(c) Strobel.
(d) McDonald.

7. To which Bible passage does 4Q521 refer?
(a) Acts 1:23.
(b) John 3:16.
(c) Isiaiah 61.
(d) Exodus 20:11.

8. What does Strobel discover when he reads some of the works that have been excluded from the New Testament?
(a) They are written by people who were not apostles.
(b) They are informative but not interesting.
(c) They are too far removed from the time Jesus actually lived and walked the earth.
(d) They are interesting but not informative.

9. Which biblical writer corroborates the life of Jesus?
(a) Paul.
(b) King James.
(c) Pilate.
(d) Herod.

10. Who is said to have preserved Jesus' teachings?
(a) Luke.
(b) Mark.
(c) John.
(d) Matthew.

11. Which science does not dispute the gospels but instead confirms their reliability?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Forensics.
(c) Biology.
(d) Archeology.

12. Why was Jeffry McDonald certain a jury would not convict him?
(a) He had an alibi.
(b) He paid them bribes.
(c) He had a trial before a judge, not a jury.
(d) Most of them had been his patients.

13. What are the themes of ancient mystery religions?
(a) Dying and coming back to life.
(b) Healing and cursing.
(c) Preaching and healing.
(d) Cursing and blessing.

14. What is the author's writing background?
(a) Gospel songs.
(b) Crime reporting.
(c) Adult fiction.
(d) Magazine features.

15. What did the sign above Jesus' head on the cross read?
(a) Save Me, Father.
(b) Son of God.
(c) King of Jews.
(d) I Am The One.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which point does Jesus confirm his identity?

2. Where did Jesus face temptation?

3. What kinds of eyewitness accounts does Strobel seek?

4. Which gospel outlines the purpose of its writing as "These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name"?

5. When were the apostle Paul's letters written?

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