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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What two Gods from different cultures were seen to be the same?
(a) Hermes and Thoth.
(b) Philo and Alexandria.
(c) Osiris and Isis.
(d) Athena and Zeus.
2. What three figures did Paul bring together to combat the concept that the divine spirit was all that mattered?
(a) The mind, body, and soul.
(b) The heart, mind, and soul.
(c) The individual, Christ, and the congregation.
(d) The individual, Christ, and God.
3. What does Mack claim is the link that gives the Christian Bible logic and force?
(a) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the New Testament.
(b) The link between the Jewish temple, and the New Testament.
(c) The link between the Protestant Bible and the Apocrypha.
(d) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the Catholic Church.
4. What does Mack compare the Pronouncement Stories to in Chapter 2?
(a) The stories of the intellectuals.
(b) The stories of the Egyptians.
(c) The stories of the Cynics.
(d) The stories of the Romans.
5. What does Mack believe the figure of Jesus became with the Pronouncement Stories?
(a) Interpreter of the law.
(b) A mystic.
(c) A martyr.
(d) A teacher.
6. What does Paul ask Philemon to do with Onesimus?
(a) Receive him without punishment.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Punish him as God would punish him.
(d) Send him into exile.
7. Why does Mack believe the stories in the New Testament were chosen to be included?
(a) They are the most interesting.
(b) They are the only stories found of the time of Jesus.
(c) They are believed to be written by the prophets.
(d) They produce a history that seems cohesive.
8. What became the sign of belonging to the new fellowship that became the Christ cult?
(a) Praying together.
(b) Singing together.
(c) Eating together.
(d) Fighting together.
9. What does the passage in Romans 3:21-26 say about why Jesus' death was effective?
(a) Because he was justified.
(b) Because he was faithful.
(c) Because he was the son of God.
(d) Because he was a sinner.
10. What two notions was Paul caught between in the question of what to do with those already dead?
(a) The Jewish concept of purity and the Greek concept of divinity.
(b) The Jewish notion of the spirit and the Greek concept of the body.
(c) The Jewish notion of faith and the Greek concept of religion.
(d) The Jewish notion of resurrection and the Greek concept of immortality.
11. Why does Mack call the Christ cult the first Christians?
(a) They were the first to mention the resurrection.
(b) They called themselves Christians.
(c) They were the first to create a hymn to Jesus.
(d) They were the first to use the word Christ to refer to Jesus.
12. What does Mack claim is the reason for the many portrayals of Jesus?
(a) Different groups developed his image to support their movement.
(b) There is no difference in the portrayals of Jesus.
(c) Different groups saw him differently, based on his age.
(d) Different people changed the true description for political gain.
13. What does Mack argue Paul saw the Christ myth as, in terms of the State of Israel?
(a) Mack claims Paul saw the Christ myth as a call to circumcise the gentiles in Israel.
(b) Mack claims Paul saw the Christ myth as a call to take over all of the the Mediterranean.
(c) Mack claims Paul saw the Christ myth as a call to exile gentiles from Israel.
(d) Mack claims Paul saw the Christ myth as a call to explained the borders of Israel to include gentiles.
14. What is the Jewish story of the persecuted sage also called?
(a) Story of the Cynics.
(b) Story of the wisdom's child.
(c) Story of the Maccabee.
(d) Story of the resurrection.
15. What did early people think their society was based on?
(a) The model of the Jewish state.
(b) The model of the Church.
(c) The model of the universe.
(d) The model of the gods.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Jesus Movements start in Galilee?
2. What did Paul's argument do to Jews and Christians?
3. When does Mack claim the books of the New Testament were written?
4. What does Mack claim about the authors of the sections in the New Testament?
5. What feature of the Christ cult does Mack claim Paul found irresistible?
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