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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Fragments From the Christ Cult.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the layers of Q is least embellished?
(a) The first.
(b) The fifth.
(c) The second.
(d) The third.

2. What does Mack claim the Jews had done since the time of David and Solomon?
(a) Participated in social change.
(b) Recounted their original epic history to retain truth.
(c) Lied about their origins to gain social standing.
(d) Revised their epic history.

3. What does Mack note causes some of the differences between the stories of the New Testament?
(a) They were written by the same person over the course of time.
(b) They were written by one person, posing as different people.
(c) They were written by different people of the same group.
(d) They were written by different people from different groups.

4. What was contained in the "Jefferson Bible"?
(a) Only the teachings of Jesus.
(b) Only the Books of the Prophets.
(c) Only the sections prior to the New Testament.
(d) Only the creation myths.

5. What does Mack suggest as a reason that Mark was overly critical of the disciples of Jerusalem?
(a) They disobeyed the Jewish purity codes.
(b) They adhered to the Jewish purity codes.
(c) They believed in the creation myth.
(d) They believed in the concept of Jesus as God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack note is mythmaking on a cosmic scale, in terms of the Christ hymn in Philippians 2:6-11?

2. How did the Christ cult differ form the Jesus movement?

3. Why does Mack believe the stories in the New Testament were chosen to be included?

4. Where was Jesus from?

5. What is the Jewish story of the persecuted sage also called?

(see the answer key)

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