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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Who He Was: Chapter 4, Temptation: Showdown in the Desert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who marries the granddaughter of Augustus Caesar?
(a) Herod Antipas.
(b) Caesar Julius.
(c) Herod the Great.
(d) Pontius Pilate.

2. What is the image Yancey first has of Jesus?
(a) Intense philosophical giant.
(b) Ethereal being of light.
(c) Sweet Victorian nanny holding lambs and smiling.
(d) Angry radical political leader.

3. What does Antiochus try to do to the Jews?
(a) Completely destroy all the people.
(b) Drive them into the Gobi desert.
(c) Hellenize their culture.
(d) Enslave them for pyramid building.

4. What language does Jesus speak on a daily basis?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Greek.
(c) Aramaic.
(d) Egyptian.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Yancey say the Gospels assert that Jesus is?
(a) God's own son.
(b) Nice Guy.
(c) Good friend.
(d) Good teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are the Gospels written?

2. What does Satan get from the Temptation episode?

3. What does Yancey object to in modern Christmas cards?

4. How old is Jesus when he dies?

5. Why does Yancey believe that Jews stopped following Jesus?

(see the answer key)

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