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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Claiming Israel's Epic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the term for "a small group of writings believes to have been written by bishops and others" who knew the apostles?
(a) Successions.
(b) Martyrdoms.
(c) Apostolic Fathers.
(d) Revelations.

2. Why does Mack claim that the Jesus cult succeeded?
(a) People liked the idea of freedom.
(b) People liked the idea of a martyr.
(c) People liked the idea of a kingdom.
(d) People liked the idea of God.

3. What concept was important to the Jewish temple-state, the Greek polis, and the Roman system of government?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Politics.
(c) Divinity.
(d) Law.

4. What does Mark's gospel do to the disciples that the story of Q did not?
(a) Ignores them.
(b) Kills them.
(c) Names them.
(d) Worships them.

5. What way did ethnic or cultural groups create small social units within the larger culture they found themselves in?
(a) They created fellowships and associations.
(b) They met in educational institutions.
(c) They worked with one another.
(d) They met in government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two sources does Mack claim Matthew used for his gospel?

2. How did Mark portray Jesus?

3. What does Mack believe the authors intended to convey by having Peter and James defend Paul's ideas about Jewish law?

4. When does Mack argue Mark's gospel was written?

5. What does Mack claim about the Book of Isaiah?

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