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According to traditions in the early church, Mark was a disciple of the apostle _______________ in Rome and based his Gospel accounts on the testimony of that apostle. |
| | A) | Paul |
| | B) | Peter |
| | C) | John |
| | D) | Thomas |
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The first part of the Gospel of Mark is set in what geographical location? |
| | A) | Rome |
| | B) | Jerusalem |
| | C) | Antioch |
| | D) | Galilee |
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In the very first verse of his Gospel, Mark identifies Jesus by these two titles. |
| | A) | Savior and Son of Man |
| | B) | the Resurrection and the Life |
| | C) | Alpha and Omega |
| | D) | Christ and Son of God |
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In the opening scene in Mark, the reader is introduced to a divinely appointed "voice crying aloud in the wilderness," a desert preacher named |
| | A) | John the Baptist. |
| | B) | Simon Peter. |
| | C) | Jeremiah. |
| | D) | John Mark. |
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Mark portrays Jesus as a person who urgently preached about the coming of the eschaton, a term that refers to |
| | A) | the Holy Spirit. |
| | B) | the Virgin Mary. |
| | C) | the Protestant Reformation. |
| | D) | the end of history. |
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The root meaning of the term "parable" is |
| | A) | mystery. |
| | B) | teaching. |
| | C) | comparison. |
| | D) | riddle. |
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Mark emphasizes Jesus' exorcisms of demons so much because |
| | A) | demon possession was more prevalent in Galilee than in other parts of Palestine. |
| | B) | Jesus wanted to be like Moses, and Moses cast out many demons. |
| | C) | John the Baptist demanded that Jesus cast out demons before he baptized Jesus. |
| | D) | Mark wanted to stress the apocalyptic dimensions of Jesus' ministry, and apocalyptic literature stressed God's victory over forces of supernatural evil. |
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Jesus probably chose twelve apostles (as opposed to some other number) because |
| | A) | they represented the twelve tribes of Israel in the Hebrew Bible. |
| | B) | they represented the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible. |
| | C) | they represented the twelve children of Adam and Eve in the Hebrew Bible. |
| | D) | twelve is a holy number. |
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In skillfully weaving individual stories together to form his Gospel, the author of Mark employs a technique called _________________ that involved the sandwiching of one story inside another story. |
| | A) | repetition |
| | B) | parable |
| | C) | form criticism |
| | D) | intercalation |
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Scholars use the term "messianic secret" to describe what theological motif in Mark? |
| | A) | Jesus did not understand his mission until immediately before his death. |
| | B) | Jesus forbade his disciples and others from telling others about his miracles and his identity as Messiah. |
| | C) | Jesus' death and resurrection remain a secret until years after their occurrence. |
| | D) | Jesus imparts special, secret knowledge to his disciples that they are to pass on only to those who prove their devotion first. |
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This is the first person in the Gospel of Mark to recognize that Jesus is the "Christ." |
| | A) | John the Apostle |
| | B) | James |
| | C) | John the Baptist |
| | D) | Simon Peter |
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When Jesus arrives in the city of Jerusalem in Mark 11, he fulfills the prophecy of the Hebrew Bible Book of Zechariah by |
| | A) | riding into town on a beast of burden. |
| | B) | riding into town in a war chariot |
| | C) | walking through the city gate carrying a copy of the Torah. |
| | D) | climbing up onto the pinnacle of the Temple and jumping off. |
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According to the Gospel of Mark, Jesus' last audible words from the cross were "Eloi, eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means |
| | A) | "What does it profit persons to gain the whole world and to lose their life?" |
| | B) | "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" |
| | C) | "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| | D) | "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord' and do not do what I tell you?" |
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The Markan Gospel begins with |
| | A) | Jesus' baptism. |
| | B) | Jesus' birth. |
| | C) | Jesus' Galilean ministry. |
| | D) | Jesus' journey to Jerusalem. |
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Jesus' introduction at the Jordan River is significant because |
| | A) | it is a sacred river. |
| | B) | water is symbolically important in the Torah. |
| | C) | it was the gateway through which the Israelites entered the Promised Land. |
| | D) | it served Mark's purpose to further distance Jesus from Jerusalem. |
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