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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. Where did Jesus spend the majority of his childhood?
(a) Nazareth.
(b) Israel.
(c) Capernaum.
(d) Jerusalem.
2. The author states that, unlike figures such as Thomas Jefferson or Winston Churchill, what are the people in this book considered to be?
(a) Fictional.
(b) Legendary.
(c) Unimportant.
(d) Divine beings.
3. The author says that that Jesus cannot be considered a historical figure because of the non-existence of what?
(a) Surviving documents.
(b) Books written about him.
(c) Descendents.
(d) Oral traditions.
4. What area do the histories written by Roman authors mainly cover?
(a) Galilee.
(b) Israel.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Rome proper.
5. What is difficult to determine with accuracy from ancient times?
(a) The place where Jesus worked.
(b) The names of the people in government.
(c) Dates.
(d) The existence of Pilate.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Thomas Jefferson and Winston Churchill have that Jesus does not?
2. Where did Jesus do the majority of his work?
3. What did Josephus study?
4. What does A.D. stand for?
5. Who is the author of this book?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Sanders say that many of the conflicts Jesus had with the laws in Galilee would be seen today?
2. What prediction do some people believe Jesus made at the Temple?
3. In "Miracles," Sanders poses two views of Jesus' ability to perform miracles. What are the two views?
4. Between what two groups was opposition of the law considered a basis for major conflict?
5. Why weren't the disciples with the women when they rolled the stone away from Jesus' tomb?
6. What act symbolized the new covenant?
7. What did the term Messiah mean in ancient times?
8. In Chapter 15, whom does Sanders say Jesus was accountable to?
9. What did Jesus tell his disciples their return would be for sacrificing everything and following him?
10. What does the Gospel of Mark point out that Jesus could have done through his ability to heal the sick?
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