Chapter 2 Self Quiz

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. There are more differences between the manuscripts of the New Testament than there are words in the New Testament.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. We do not have the original copy of any New Testament book.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Earlier scribes who copied the New Testament were more precise than later ones.

True correct incorrect

False
correct incorrect

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. Which of the following represents an intentional scribal error?

Changing the text to fit doctrine correct incorrect

Misspelling words correct incorrect

Repeating words, verses, or pages correct incorrect

Skipping words, verses, or pages correct incorrect

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. In the story of Jesus in the last minutes before his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane (Luke 22:43-44), the account of his "sweating blood" while contemplating his imminent suffering is most likely:

An original part of the Gospel of Luke correct incorrect

An original part of the Gospel of Mark that was later inserted into the Gospel of Luke by the author of Luke correct incorrect

Not an original part of any Gospel correct incorrect

An insertion from a letter of Paul. correct incorrect

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. What is the style of writing called that leaves out punctuation, capitalization, paragraph divisions, sentence divisions, and spaces between words?

Scriptio ad absurdum correct incorrect

Scriptio continua correct incorrect

Grammatica elimination correct incorrect

Grammatica ad absurdum correct incorrect

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. Who created the verse divisions that we have today?

Robert Stephanus correct incorrect

Thucydides correct incorrect

Steven Langton correct incorrect

Valentinus correct incorrect

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. What is the earliest surviving manuscript of the New Testament to date?

The entirety of Revelation correct incorrect

A fragment of the Gospel of Mark correct incorrect

The last five chapters of 1 Peter correct incorrect

A fragment of the Gospel of John correct incorrect

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. New Testament manuscripts do not:

Contain many mistakes correct incorrect

Have many centuries separating the events written about and the events themselves correct incorrect

Have any inaccuracies correct incorrect

Contain exact word-for-word copies of the texts that were originally produced by ancient Christian authors correct incorrect

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. By what means have early Christian truth claims been handed down from one generation to the next?

Orally correct incorrect

Written texts correct incorrect

Lifestyles correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. How many original copies of books of the New Testament do we have?

Three fragments correct incorrect

One entire book and one fragment of another correct incorrect

None correct incorrect

All of them correct incorrect

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. Most copies of New Testament manuscripts come from what time period?

The Middle Ages correct incorrect

The Age of Enlightenment correct incorrect

The Golden Age correct incorrect

The Bronze Age correct incorrect

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. What is the name of the academic discipline devoted to the study of ancient manuscripts to determine the most likely earliest readings?

Historical criticism correct incorrect

Redaction criticism correct incorrect

Literary criticism correct incorrect

Textual criticism correct incorrect