Chapter 5 Self Quiz

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. The Gospel of Mark was written within a decade of Jesus' life.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The New Testament Gospels all have Jesus getting crucified at the same time of day.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. In the ancient world, books were almost always read aloud.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Scholars think Jesus died around:

30 B.C.E. correct incorrect

30 C.E. correct incorrect

50 C.E. correct incorrect

70 C.E. correct incorrect

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. The Christian mission was conducted primarily:

Through public preaching to large numbers of people correct incorrect

Person to person correct incorrect

In revivals correct incorrect

By distributing copies of the New Testament correct incorrect

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. Scholars estimate literacy in antiquity to have been:

1–5 percent. correct incorrect

10–15 percent correct incorrect

20–25 percent correct incorrect

40–45 percent correct incorrect

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. Why did God instruct Moses to have every Israelite family sacrifice a lamb and paint their doorframes with its blood?

So the angel of death would pass over those houses correct incorrect

So that the Pharaoh would be afraid to send his soldiers to those houses for fear of infection correct incorrect

To show the world how the Jews have suffered correct incorrect

As a sacrificial offering to the pharaoh correct incorrect

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. Did the authors of the Gospels claim to be eyewitnesses to the events that they narrated?

Yes correct incorrect

No correct incorrect

Some did, some didn't correct incorrect

No one knows correct incorrect

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. How did pagan literature of the first century refer to the events surrounding Jesus?

As miraculous correct incorrect

There were numerous references; however, they always depicted Jesus as a lunatic or fanatic. correct incorrect

There weren't any references made to him. correct incorrect

As another cult leader correct incorrect

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. What ritual was necessary for new converts to Christianity to undergo?

Baptism correct incorrect

Circumcision correct incorrect

Spiritual cleansing correct incorrect

Confession correct incorrect

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. Identify one discrepancy in the Gospel accounts of Jesus' crucifixion.

The account in Luke has it occurring at midnight, while Matthew's takes place at 10:00 a.m. correct incorrect

The account in Mark has it occurring at 9:00 a.m., while John's takes place after noon. correct incorrect

The account in Mark details Jesus' spirit leaving his body before the crucifixion, while John's details his suffering on the cross. correct incorrect

The account in Mark describes Jesus' position on the cross as being upside-down, while in John's it is right-side-up. correct incorrect

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. Why, in the Gospel of John, does Pontius Pilate have to conduct the trial of Jesus through lengthy conversations between the prosecution and the defendant?

Because they speak different languages correct incorrect

Because Jesus refuses to be in the same room with the prosecutor correct incorrect

Because the Jewish leaders refuse to go into Pilate's residence, so they send Jesus in alone, leaving Pilate to go back and forth between them correct incorrect

Because Pilate refuses to let the Jewish leaders into his residence correct incorrect

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. Oral cultures tend to:

Maintain verbal accuracy of stories correct incorrect

Understand stories as changeable correct incorrect

Produce accurate historical writings correct incorrect

Have a high literacy rate correct incorrect