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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. What does Walter Wink say about Jesus in Chapter 1?
(a) Jesus was not human and therefore not accessible.
(b) Jesus was never interested in writing anything down, but we are.
(c) There was no Jesus, we simply threw together a story.
(d) If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him.

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

3. What does Yancey think the church has turned Jesus into, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Boring and predictable person.
(b) Larger than life figure.
(c) Money-making idol.
(d) Raging Lion of Judah.

4. How many Jews live in the Roman Empire in the first century?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 500 million.
(d) 8 million.

5. What does Yancey object to in modern Christmas cards?
(a) Waste of paper.
(b) Too many words.
(c) Sentimentality.
(d) Expensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "gospel" mean?

2. Who writes So Long, Sweet Jesus?

3. What is the ethnic background of Jesus?

4. When are the Gospels written?

5. What typifies the Sadducees?

(see the answer key)

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