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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Mack claim was added to John 19:35?
(a) A witness who saw blood come out of Jesus.
(b) A witness who saw Jesus rise.
(c) A witness who saw blood and water come out of Jesus.
(d) A witness who saw Jesus turn water to wine.
2. What list became the Christian Bible?
(a) The letter of Trier.
(b) The Festal Letter of Athenasius.
(c) The list of Eusebius.
(d) The list of Jerome's translations.
3. What was the first act in Valentinus' cosmic drama?
(a) The world was destroyed.
(b) Man was destroyed.
(c) Man was created.
(d) The world was created.
4. What term replaced "disciples"?
(a) Apostles.
(b) Followers.
(c) Cultists.
(d) Acolytes.
5. What does Mack argue the Gospel of Matthew is a document for?
(a) Christianity.
(b) The Christ cult.
(c) Jewish Christianity.
(d) Judaism.
6. Where did Justin claim the Greek philosophers received their wisdom?
(a) From Abraham.
(b) From Moses.
(c) From the Greek gods.
(d) From the people.
7. What does the Didache contain?
(a) Instructions for congregations.
(b) Sayings of Jesus.
(c) The Gospel of Thomas.
(d) The Commandments.
8. Who was the first of this group to attack centrist Christianity?
(a) Valentinus.
(b) Justin.
(c) Marcion of Sinope.
(d) Caesar.
9. What does Mack argue is the point of Paul's letters to Timothy and Titus?
(a) For people to follow the gospel and the instructions of the Romans.
(b) For people to follow the gospel and the instructions of the overseer.
(c) For people to follow the gospel and the instructions of God.
(d) For people to follow the gospel and the instructions of Jesus.
10. How did Mark portray Jesus?
(a) As a teacher.
(b) As a God.
(c) As a powerful authority figure.
(d) As a backdrop to Jewish scripture.
11. When do scholars place the writing of the Gospel of John?
(a) In the 1800s.
(b) In the 90s.
(c) In the third century.
(d) Before Christ.
12. Who began to give an account of the new religion to Greeks, Romans, and others?
(a) Christian intellectuals.
(b) Local Bishops.
(c) Jewish intellectuals.
(d) Roman rulers.
13. Who first discussed the twelve disciples?
(a) Paul.
(b) Luke.
(c) John.
(d) Matthew.
14. How does John portray Jesus, according to Mack?
(a) As a powerful ruler.
(b) As a cosmic Lord.
(c) As a teacher.
(d) As the spirit of God.
15. What is the term for "a small group of writings believes to have been written by bishops and others" who knew the apostles?
(a) Martyrdoms.
(b) Revelations.
(c) Apostolic Fathers.
(d) Successions.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Valentinus' claim about what Christ made possible, in terms of knowledge of God?
2. What collection of early Christian texts does the Didache now belong to?
3. What is different about Peter in comparison to Jude?
4. During the time of the writing of Revelations, what does Mack argue the Christians were being accused of by the Romans?
5. What is the only feature that all Christian religions have in common?
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