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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the movie that Yancey saw in 1971 that portrayed a very different kind of Jesus?
(a) Jesus of Montreal.
(b) What a Wonderful life.
(c) The Gospel According to St. Matthew.
(d) The Passion of the Christ.

2. Where is the Sermon on the Mount in the Bible?
(a) Revelations 31.
(b) Genesis.
(c) Matthew 5-7.
(d) John 1.

3. Where did Henry Nouwen begin to work at the height of his writing career?
(a) Zondervan.
(b) Eastern College.
(c) Daybreak.
(d) Harvard University.

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

5. What is General Schwarzkopf's message in Chapter 6?
(a) Blessed is the military.
(b) Blessed are the violent.
(c) Blessed are the weak.
(d) Blessed are the strong.

6. What does Yancey give up as a result of the Sermon on the Mount?
(a) Going to church.
(b) Eating chocolate.
(c) 1947 Jackie Robinson baseball card.
(d) All his money.

7. What is the name of the former mouth piece of the Community Party?
(a) Pravda.
(b) Brothers and Sisters Unite.
(c) Red Forever.
(d) Russia Today.

8. How many times is the Augustus Caesar mentioned in the Bible?
(a) One time.
(b) Ten times.
(c) Fifty times.
(d) Thousand times.

9. When is the document by Publius Lentulus forged?
(a) 1950.
(b) 60.
(c) 1313.
(d) 1514.

10. Who directs Jesus of Nazareth?
(a) Huston.
(b) Zeffirelli.
(c) Lucas.
(d) Brando.

11. What does Wim Wender makes films about?
(a) Angels.
(b) Temptations.
(c) Nazi history.
(d) Islamic Rituals.

12. What is the Golden Rule?
(a) Give to the poor more than to the rich.
(b) Get all you can when you can.
(c) Do to others as you would have them do to you.
(d) Gold is not worth its weight.

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

14. Why is Yancey drawn to Jesus, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Jesus is the dividing point of Yancey's life.
(b) Yancey can't say why.
(c) Jesus's teaching is so complicated.
(d) It is God's will.

15. What does Satan get from the Temptation episode?
(a) A partner in crime.
(b) Victory over God's will.
(c) Free reign to keep doing what he wants.
(d) Power over Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Yancey teach his film class on Jesus?

2. When are the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in Qumram?

3. Who directs the silent classic from 1927 "King of Kings"?

4. In Chapter 5, what is the one word Yancey chooses to describe Jesus best?

5. Who writes For the Time Being?

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