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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Clashing Cultures.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What two Gods from different cultures were seen to be the same?
(a) Philo and Alexandria.
(b) Hermes and Thoth.
(c) Osiris and Isis.
(d) Athena and Zeus.

4. Why does Mack claim the Bible is constantly consulted?
(a) It is the only book of God.
(b) It is highly important to religious institutions.
(c) It is important to our politicians.
(d) People require it for their faith.

5. What does Mack claim is the link that gives the Christian Bible logic and force?
(a) The link between the Jewish temple, and the New Testament.
(b) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the New Testament.
(c) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the Catholic Church.
(d) The link between the Protestant Bible and the Apocrypha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Greek model of civilization give rise to?

2. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?

3. What does Carsten Thiede claim about the Magdalen fragments?

4. When does Mack claim the books of the New Testament were written?

5. What notion does Mack believe generated enough excitement to influence the formation of different Jesus groups?

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