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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Letters from the Apostles.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Mack argue the Gospel of Matthew is a document for?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) The Christ cult.
(d) Jewish Christianity.
2. What does Mack argue John was worried about, which resulted in his authorship of Revelations?
(a) Sickness and affliction.
(b) False teachings and affliction.
(c) False teaching and sickness.
(d) Persecution and execution.
3. What did early people think their society was based on?
(a) The model of the gods.
(b) The model of the Jewish state.
(c) The model of the universe.
(d) The model of the Church.
4. What feature of the Christ cult does Mack claim Paul found irresistible?
(a) The concept of a group dedicated to Jesus and the Jewish codes of cleanliness.
(b) The concept of an unmixed social group.
(c) The concept of a social group with mixed ethnicity and social status.
(d) The concept of a social group of only the lower class.
5. What does Mack note is mythmaking on a cosmic scale, in terms of the Christ hymn in Philippians 2:6-11?
(a) The reference to Jesus as a martyr.
(b) The concept of Jesus as a religious leader.
(c) The reference to Jesus as son of God.
(d) The reference to Jesus as lord.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the term "Christ" imply?
2. During the time of the writing of Revelations, what does Mack argue the Christians were being accused of by the Romans?
3. What concept was important to the Jewish temple-state, the Greek polis, and the Roman system of government?
4. What two realms did the Corinthians combine?
5. What role did women play in associations?
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