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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Frederick Buechner struck by in reading about Jesus's appearances after the resurrection?
(a) Many people saw him.
(b) Unglamorous quality of it.
(c) Both men and women saw him.
(d) Very few people saw him.

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

3. What is the Ascension?
(a) The long spiritual climb to perfection.
(b) Jesus returning to heaven in a mystical way.
(c) Virgin Mary comes down to earth and gets her son.
(d) The disciples are filled with the Holy Spirit.

4. Where does Jesus leave his teaching and life's journey?
(a) In a book that is now lost.
(b) In human beings.
(c) On many stone tablets found in caves in 1947.
(d) In song and verse.

5. What does Yancey say about human preoccupation with the "end times"?
(a) Now is the only time the concept of end times has appeared.
(b) The disciples were the last to think about the end times.
(c) Many ages and eras have believed the end was near.
(d) Jesus never promises an end time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jesus believe was the true power?

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

3. How do traditional Jews say the name of God?

4. What was Jesus's first miracle?

5. How often is the Most Holy Place entered by the High Priest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about leprosy patients and their illness?

2. What did the Zealots want to do in the 1st century?

3. Who were the first witnesses to the risen Christ?

4. What does Yancey notice about the last parables that Jesus tells?

5. Why does Yancey title Chapter 11 "A Morning Beyond Belief?"

6. What does Yancey say about how Easter affects who Jesus is for us?

7. What does Yancey note about the end times?

8. What event of the Last Supper startles Yancey?

9. What did Yancey's study of the Old Testament teach him about the word Messiah?

10. What does Jesus leave behind?

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