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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mack claim about the various groups that formed in the schools of Jesus?
(a) They were dangerous.
(b) They were disciples of Jesus.
(c) They were experimental.
(d) They were sent by God.

2. What does Mack suggest the taking up of residence in Jerusalem signifies for the group?
(a) A disrespect for Jewish tradition.
(b) A political agenda.
(c) A religious agenda.
(d) A loyalty to the Pharisee.

3. What does Mack note the Corinthians are the first example of?
(a) A congregation of Paul's disciples.
(b) A congregation of Jews.
(c) A Hellenistic, urban congregation.
(d) A congregation gone awry.

4. What does Mack say the Christ cult laid the foundation for?
(a) A distinctly Christian mentality.
(b) A battle between the Christ cult and the Jesus movements.
(c) A Roman-Christian war.
(d) The Church.

5. What notion does Mack believe generated enough excitement to influence the formation of different Jesus groups?
(a) The power of Jesus.
(b) The kingdom of God.
(c) The concept of Jesus as son of God.
(d) The power of the state.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Paul's letters to the Romans represent?

2. What are sophists?

3. Who were the super apostles at Corinth?

4. What was contained in the "Jefferson Bible"?

5. What does Mack claim about the image of Christ asking his disciples to eat and drink of him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the fifth Jesus movement discussed in the book, and what is/are the primary components of the movement's teachings?

2. What is the fourth Jesus movement discussed in the book, and what is/are the primary components of the movement's teachings?

3. Explain why social tension began to mount within the new mixed society of Greco-Roman times, and how these groups tried to keep their culture.

4. Explain why Paul is so important to views of Christianity, according to Mack.

5. What did Paul mean by "freedom from the law", according to Mack?

6. Explain Mack's view of how the writings of the New Testament were chosen, and why these choices created centrist Christianity.

7. What does Mack say about the Bible in early American history?

8. Explain Paul's concept of the spiritual body.

9. Explain how Mack views the authors of the literature in the New Testament.

10. Explain the three myths merged in Philippians 2:6-11.

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