Test 1. Religion SQ

According to the author, the goal of The Life of Jesus Christ: Understanding the Story of the Gospels is to create ________________________.

• a combination of the Gospels into a single coherent story

• a substitute to be read instead of the Gospels themselves

• the first ever combination of the four Gospel narratives

• a realistic but fictionalized life of Christ

• a resource to be used by biblical scholars to analyze the life of Christ

The Gospels make it clear that Mary was ________________________.

• prayerful

• All of the above

• modest

• open to God’s will

• intelligent

The Holy Family flees to ________________ in order to escape King Herod’s fury.

• Egypt

• Jerusalem

• Galilee

• Arabia

• Palestine

When does Jesus acquire his first Disciples?

• after his baptism by John

• after he becomes a Rabbi

• after he begins preaching in Jerusalem

• during the wedding in Cana

• as a young man working as a carpenter in Nazareth

What is the Sanhedrin?

• most holy place in the Temple

• title of the local leader, under Roman control

• region of Palestine where the Samaritans lived

• conservative Jewish sect

• Jewish council

Saint Augustine called the Sermon on the Mount __________________________.

• a perfect standard of the Christian life

• a new world order

• a polished cataract of platitudes

• the new laws for believers and a setting aside of the laws of the Jewish Torah

• the stunting of mankind

The Synoptic Gospels are:

• Matthew and Mark

• Matthew and Luke

• Matthew and John

• Matthew, Mark, and Luke

• Matthew, Luke, and John

What does the parable of The Wicked Tennant foreshadow?

• the destruction of the Temple

• the Resurrection

• the end times

• the death of John the Baptist

• the Second Coming

When the priests and scribes demanded, “If you are the Christ, tell us plainly” Jesus __________________.

• A. replied “I told you, and you do not believe.”

• B. reminded them of his miracles

• C. said, “I and the Father are one.”

• D. Both (A) and (C)

• E. All of the above

During his trial with Caiaphas, what led to Jesus’ death sentence?

• his claim that he was the Messiah

• his perceived blasphemy in performing miracles on the Sabbath

• his insurrectionist plans

• his refusal to give tribute to Caesar

• his claim to kingship