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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an epic according to Mack?
(a) A look at the past to discover previous laws.
(b) An examination of the past to reveal public policy.
(c) A hope for a brighter future.
(d) A rehearsal of the past that puts the present in its light.

2. What became the sign of belonging to the new fellowship that became the Christ cult?
(a) Eating together.
(b) Fighting together.
(c) Singing together.
(d) Praying together.

3. Where does evidence for the Christ cult come from?
(a) Letters of Paul written in the 50s.
(b) The Sayings of Q.
(c) The Gospel of Thomas.
(d) The Dead Sea Scrolls.

4. What problem did Paul define as the human problem?
(a) Greed.
(b) The power of sin.
(c) Pride.
(d) The power of false idols.

5. What is the name of the form of mythmaking Mack notes these early Jesus people were engaged in?
(a) Epic tradition.
(b) Epic mythmaking.
(c) Epic authorship.
(d) Epic revision.

6. What are sophists?
(a) Believers in the Jewish faith.
(b) Wandering teachers who offered insights and knowledge.
(c) Teachers of religious theory in schools.
(d) Paid members of the Church.

7. When did Jesus Movements start in Galilee?
(a) In the late first century.
(b) At the end of the last century, B.C.E.
(c) During the 30s of the first century.
(d) During the 20s of the second century.

8. What feature of the Christ cult does Mack claim Paul found irresistible?
(a) The concept of a social group of only the lower class.
(b) The concept of a group dedicated to Jesus and the Jewish codes of cleanliness.
(c) The concept of a social group with mixed ethnicity and social status.
(d) The concept of an unmixed social group.

9. What did early people think their society was based on?
(a) The model of the Church.
(b) The model of the gods.
(c) The model of the universe.
(d) The model of the Jewish state.

10. What was the Greek concept of civilization?
(a) The Church.
(b) The city-state.
(c) The republic.
(d) The temple-state.

11. What does Paul assure the Thessalonians in terms of "those who had died"?
(a) That those who died before Christ could still be saved.
(b) That those who died in sin would not be with God after death.
(c) That those who died with God will never die.
(d) That those who died with God will live with God.

12. When does Mack claim the books of the New Testament were written?
(a) From the end of the second century to the end of the fourth century.
(b) From the 50s in the first century to the middle of the second century.
(c) During the life of Jesus.
(d) During the ninth century.

13. What does Mack claim happens when a person brings in a Biblical position to an argument of social discussion?
(a) People become angry.
(b) All religious history is brought up.
(c) All thinking and reasonable discussion stops.
(d) People become bored.

14. What does Mack believe the figure of Jesus became with the Pronouncement Stories?
(a) A teacher.
(b) Interpreter of the law.
(c) A mystic.
(d) A martyr.

15. What did Paul stress was important, since they were "members of Christ"?
(a) The soul.
(b) The mind.
(c) The body.
(d) The spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the super apostles at Corinth?

2. What is a Christ hymn?

3. Why is Paul's' letter to the Romans different from his other letters?

4. What does Mack claim is the purpose of the Miracle Stories of Mark?

5. Where was Jesus from?

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