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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yancey say is the message of Jesus's miracles?
(a) Only God can heal.
(b) Miracles happen randomly.
(c) Jesus is God.
(d) Early glimpses of what is to come.

2. How many times does the word "kingdom" appear in the gospel of Matthew?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 600.
(d) 55.

3. For Yancey, what was Jesus obscured by in the churches he grew up in?
(a) Modern music and loose morals.
(b) Racism, intolerance, and petty legalism.
(c) Evangelical fervor.
(d) American politics.

4. How does Jesus command Jairus's daughter to come back to life?
(a) "My child, get up!"
(b) "Satan, get behind thee."
(c) "She is only asleep."
(d) "Rise, and be well!"

5. What are Samaritians called?
(a) Half-breeds.
(b) Radicals.
(c) Kind people.
(d) Egyptians.

6. What miracle makes it into all four gospels?
(a) Raising Lazarus.
(b) Healing Jaipur's daughter.
(c) Feeding the crowd of 5000.
(d) Healing the blind man.

7. What do Peter and Judas have in common?
(a) They both betrayed Jesus.
(b) Related by blood, cousins.
(c) They had nothing in common.
(d) They were both very old.

8. What does Jesus ask of God in his final prayers?
(a) Take this cup from me.
(b) Give me the power to vanquish Herod.
(c) Kill Pontius Pilate so I won't be hurt.
(d) Lift me immediately to heaven.

9. What leader beheads John the Baptist?
(a) Herod.
(b) Pontius PIlate.
(c) Sanhedrin.
(d) Julius Caesar.

10. According to Yancey, how many times does the Qur'an apply the word "love" to God?
(a) 15.
(b) 1,001.
(c) Endless times.
(d) None.

11. What bombshell does Jesus drop during the last supper?
(a) He has run out of money.
(b) That one of the disciples will betray him.
(c) There is no God.
(d) Silence must be kept.

12. Who wrote the Japanese novel Silence?
(a) Andy Bain.
(b) John Banto.
(c) Shusako Endo.
(d) Phil Yancey.

13. Where is the opening quote of Chapter 8 from?
(a) The Merchant of Venice.
(b) Gospel of Matthew.
(c) Peter's letter to the Epistles.
(d) Mission: Impossible.

14. Why does Yancey like the concept of God's law?
(a) Under law, he knows where he ranks.
(b) Law is solid ground.
(c) Love is too vague to live by.
(d) Law can be interpreted clearly.

15. What do the angels say to the disciples on the day of Ascension?
(a) "Hail, full of Grace, be at peace."
(b) "Why do you stand here looking into the sky?"
(c) "He is not here. He has risen."
(d) "Fear not, the Lord is with you."

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Roman citizens executed?

2. How is God's kingdom different than a human kingdom, according to Yancey in Chapter 13?

3. What does Christos/Christ mean in Hebrew?

4. What worries Yancey about modern Christians and politicians?

5. Why does the leprosy patient cry when Dr. Brand greets him?

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