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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Chapter 6, what does Yancey admit to being?
(a) Republican.
(b) Democrat.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Racist.
2. What does Yancey want to answer with this book, according to Chapter 1?
(a) What would Jesus do?
(b) What is the point of life?
(c) Who was Jesus?
(d) Why was there a Jesus?
3. What are Owens's student's reaction to the Sermon on the Mount?
(a) Profound and humbling.
(b) It changed their lives for the better.
(c) They find it offensive and absurd.
(d) Humorous and silly.
4. What does the author M. Scott Peck try to bring about?
(a) Theological dogmatic purity.
(b) Interfaith understanding and tolerance.
(c) A new translation of the Bible.
(d) Conversion of Islam and Buddhism to Christianity.
5. What is the movie that Yancey saw in 1971 that portrayed a very different kind of Jesus?
(a) The Passion of the Christ.
(b) Jesus of Montreal.
(c) What a Wonderful life.
(d) The Gospel According to St. Matthew.
6. What does supersessionism mean?
(a) Some religions grow out of and supersede others.
(b) There is no way to suppress Christianity.
(c) Suppression of religion is good.
(d) Super religion suppresses other lesser religion.
7. What does the Gospel of Mark say about why Jesus chose the Twelve?
(a) "That night and day might be full of hope."
(b) "That the end might be the beginning."
(c) "That they might write down what he says."
(d) "That they might be with him."
8. How does a commentary Yancey mentions translate "Blessed are the poor in spirit"?
(a) The poor have less spirit.
(b) Blessed are the desperate.
(c) Blessed are the spiritless.
(d) Blessings come from poverty.
9. What does Jesus propose for those who look at a woman lustfully?
(a) Self-denial of all pleasure whatsoever.
(b) Marry immediately and re-channel the lust.
(c) Removal of the offending eye.
(d) Become monks.
10. Why does H. G. Wells say Jesus is important?
(a) What Jesus left continues to grow.
(b) Caused a turning point in history.
(c) His Jewish background is unique.
(d) Jesus is the son of God.
11. What does Yancey give up as a result of the Sermon on the Mount?
(a) Going to church.
(b) All his money.
(c) 1947 Jackie Robinson baseball card.
(d) Eating chocolate.
12. What does communism consider religion to be?
(a) "The answer to all problems."
(b) "The opiate of the people."
(c) "Leftist propaganda."
(d) "State sponsored behavior control."
13. What does Yancey say a major problem is in looking at the historical Jesus?
(a) Political agendas.
(b) Lack of language knowledge.
(c) Flash forward analysis.
(d) No historical understanding.
14. What does Wim Wender makes films about?
(a) Nazi history.
(b) Angels.
(c) Islamic Rituals.
(d) Temptations.
15. How many books does Jacob Neusner write?
(a) 3.
(b) 15.
(c) 500.
(d) 22.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does Yancey first get acquainted with Jesus?
2. What magazine is Jimmy Carter famously interviewed about lust in?
3. How many times is the Augustus Caesar mentioned in the Bible?
4. How does Yancey describe Jesus in Chapter 3?
5. When are the Gospels written?
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