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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Who He Was: Chapter 2, Birth: The Visited Planet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Jesus when he dies?
(a) We don't know.
(b) 30.
(c) 45.
(d) 33.

2. What does Yancey say a major problem is in looking at the historical Jesus?
(a) Lack of language knowledge.
(b) Flash forward analysis.
(c) No historical understanding.
(d) Political agendas.

3. Who writes For the Time Being?
(a) Mariamne Herod.
(b) W. H. Auden.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Apostle Paul.

4. What does Yancey do for snowbound weeks in Colorado?
(a) Almost dies.
(b) Loses his faith.
(c) Pray for help.
(d) Read the Bible.

5. In the movie La Dolce Vita, what is the helicopter ferrying?
(a) Small house made of gold.
(b) Flocks of gulls.
(c) Glass angels.
(d) Giant statue of Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jesus spend his first years?

2. What television figure does Yancy compare his early understanding of Jesus to?

3. Who writes So Long, Sweet Jesus?

4. How many Jews live in the Roman Empire in the first century?

5. When does Yancey first get acquainted with Jesus?

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