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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Mere Christianity?

2. Who wrote the Japanese novel Silence?

3. How are Roman citizens executed?

4. What leader beheads John the Baptist?

5. According to Yancey, how many times does the Qur'an apply the word "love" to God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jesus leave behind?

2. What did Mother Teresa say about what she tried to provide for the ill?

3. Why is the day of crucifixion called "Good Friday"?

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

5. What does Yancey note about the end times?

6. What was Jesus's first miracle?

7. What event of the Last Supper startles Yancey?

8. Who betrays Jesus to the Jewish and Roman authorities?

9. What is the significance of the grandmother's tombstone, which says, "Waiting"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the basic characteristics of the sub-groups within the Jewish culture: Essenes, Zealots, Sadducees, and Pharisees?

Describe each and what part they played in the culture of Jesus's day.

Essay Topic 2

Ultimately, what for Yancey is the difference that Jesus makes? Using Chapter 14, trace out the primary strain of hope that Yancey so profoundly connects to in Jesus. What is Yancey's final understanding of who Jesus is?

Essay Topic 3

What in the Pharisee-influenced world that Jesus lived in did he stand against? Why was he so radical in terms of his own present day religious climate?

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