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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 did Clement argue about the "new song" of Christianity?
(a) It was not new at all.
(b) It was a new, vibrant way to view God.
(c) It was based on Judaism.
(d) It was an incorrect theory.

2. Who first discussed the twelve disciples?
(a) John.
(b) Luke.
(c) Paul.
(d) Matthew.

3. What list became the Christian Bible?
(a) The list of Eusebius.
(b) The list of Jerome's translations.
(c) The Festal Letter of Athenasius.
(d) The letter of Trier.

4. What do the sermons in the Acts attempt to do?
(a) Validate God.
(b) Validate the rights of the Jews.
(c) Validate the claims of Jesus.
(d) Validate the authority of the disciples.

5. What does the Didache contain?
(a) Instructions for congregations.
(b) The Commandments.
(c) Sayings of Jesus.
(d) The Gospel of Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who defended the centrist Christian position from those who challenged it?

2. What were the disciple teachers known as?

3. What is the term for "a small group of writings believes to have been written by bishops and others" who knew the apostles?

4. What is contained in 1 Clement?

5. What does Mack say about the letter of Jude?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What two strong desires drove Christianity?

3. Describe Mack's observations about James as an author in the first three centuries.

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

5. Explain the conversion of Constantine, and why it was pivotal in the creation of the Bible.

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

7. 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?

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

9. What evidence does Mack put forth that the attempts to move into mainstream Christianity worked?

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

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