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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. Where did the writer of the gospel of Luke write the gospel, according to Mack?
(a) Rome.
(b) A location near the Aegean Sea.
(c) Nazareth.
(d) Jerusalem.

2. What does Mack claim is Mark's greatest achievement?
(a) That he succeeded in tying Jesus with Moses.
(b) That he succeeded in publishing his work.
(c) That he succeeded in converting the Jews.
(d) That he succeeded in creating the origins for Christian imagination.

3. What does Mark's gospel do to the disciples that the story of Q did not?
(a) Worships them.
(b) Ignores them.
(c) Kills them.
(d) Names them.

4. 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) Persecution and execution.
(d) False teaching and sickness.

5. What does Mack claim are the building blocks of the Gospel of John?
(a) The references to Mark.
(b) The proclamation stories.
(c) The references to Q.
(d) The miracle stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack claim was added to John 19:35?

2. Who is the star from Chapter 13 to the end of the Acts of the Apostles?

3. What does Mack claim both Marcion and Valentinus offered?

4. How many miracles occur in the Gospel of John?

5. What does Mack argue the Gospel of Matthew is a document for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Valentinus' story of the tragedy of the birth of the world?

2. What two values are integrated in the Letters of Ignatius, and what is the result?

3. What is Mack's argument about why John wrote Revelations?

4. What were the four ways of reading the scripture that supported the Christian inclusion of Jewish scripture in their religion?

5. Describe the situation in the empire since the reign of Caligula, in terms of the political mood of the Jews.

6. What are the significant differences between the Pauline and Johannine traditions, as discussed by Mack in chapter 8?

7. What did the Jewish scripture available to early Christians consist of?

8. What were the two key arguments that the centrists tried to use against the non-centrist positions of Valentinus and Marcion?

9. What are the four types of miracle interpretation occurring in the Gospel of John?

10. What does Mack say about the "overwhelming concern" in the Didache about the practice of alms, gift giving, and supporting those who ask for hand outs?

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