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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. What notion does Mack believe generated enough excitement to influence the formation of different Jesus groups?
(a) The concept of Jesus as son of God.
(b) The power of the state.
(c) The power of Jesus.
(d) The kingdom of God.

2. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?
(a) Nature and tyrants.
(b) Power and nature.
(c) Priests and rulers.
(d) King and tyrant.

3. Why does Mack state that people become silent when confronted with Biblical information?
(a) People are afraid to be incorrect in their interpretations of the Bible.
(b) There is little public knowledge about the Bible.
(c) There is too much public knowledge about the Bible.
(d) People have too much time invested in the study of the Bible.

4. What feature of the Jerusalem group allows readers to build a profile?
(a) The leaders' names are known.
(b) The leaders' political ambitions are known.
(c) The leaders' religions are known.
(d) The leaders' home states are known.

5. What does Mack claim about the Book of Isaiah?
(a) It was not used as a source for the imagery in the Christ hymn.
(b) It was used as a source for the imagery in the Christ hymn.
(c) It did not exist.
(d) It was the same as the information in the Christ hymn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did early people think their society was based on?

2. Which group makes up the fifth of the Jesus Movements?

3. What does Mack note causes some of the differences between the stories of the New Testament?

4. What are the two activities Mack gives credit to in terms of the creation of Christian beliefs?

5. What does the term Judeo-Christian mean?

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