Chapter 17 Self Quiz

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. The criterion of dissimilarity proves Jesus was an apocalypticist.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Celibacy or bachelorhood was virtually unheard of among Jewish men of Jesus' day.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Our earliest sources do not interpret Jesus' miracles as evidence of his divinity.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Subversive teachers from Jesus' day were labeled:

Prophets correct incorrect

Apocalypticists correct incorrect

Messiahs correct incorrect

Secessionists correct incorrect

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. Which of the following events strongly suggests that Jesus was an apocalypticist?

His preaching in the Temple correct incorrect

His baptism by John correct incorrect

His disputes with the Pharisees correct incorrect

His participation in the Essene community correct incorrect

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. Jesus identified most closely with:

The Pharisees correct incorrect

The Essenes correct incorrect

John the Baptist correct incorrect

The Fourth Philosophy correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not true about the Cynics?

They were philosophers. correct incorrect

They rarely bathed. correct incorrect

They generally enjoyed the finer things of life. correct incorrect

The name of their group literally means "dog." correct incorrect

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. All of the following are associated with Jesus' apocalyptic thought except:

The coming Kingdom of God correct incorrect

The coming judgment brought by the Son of Man correct incorrect

The reversal of fortunes correct incorrect

The belief that good people would be taken up alive into heaven correct incorrect

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. In the New Testament Gospels, Jesus performs all of the following miracles except:

Killing his opponents correct incorrect

Healing hemorrhages correct incorrect

Casting demons into swine correct incorrect

Raising people from the dead correct incorrect

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. According to the Gospels, people believed that Jesus' ability to work miracles reflected all of the following except:

He was empowered by Beelzebul. correct incorrect

He was empowered by God. correct incorrect

He was like other prophets. correct incorrect

He would die. correct incorrect

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. The Romans convicted Jesus because:

He blasphemed by claiming to be God. correct incorrect

He claimed to be king. correct incorrect

He was not Roman. correct incorrect

He broke the Jewish Law. correct incorrect

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. Historically speaking, who was responsible for Jesus' death?

The Sadducees correct incorrect

The Pharisees correct incorrect

Herod correct incorrect

Pilate correct incorrect

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. What was one way Jesus was like the Cynic philosophers?

He taught people not to concern themselves with wealth and other trappings of society. correct incorrect

He taught people the necessity of embedding themselves fully in their society, including gaining a respectable profession, house, income, etc. correct incorrect

He taught modesty (e.g., to be private concerning bodily functions). correct incorrect

He advocated a structured interdependence among people in a society. correct incorrect