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The New Testament, 4/e
Stephen Harris, California State University - Sacramento

Mark's Portrait of Jesus: The Hidden Messiah and Eschatological Judge

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

Although the Gospel of Mark was probably the first of the New Testament Gospels to be written, it was not the first New Testament book to be written.
A)True
B)False
2

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
3

The Gospel of Mark portrays all of Jesus' companions as oblivious to his real nature and/or as obstacles to his work.
A)True
B)False
4

The first part of the Gospel of Mark is set in what geographical location?
A)Rome
B)Jerusalem
C)Antioch
D)Galilee
5

In the very first verse of his Gospel, Mark identifies Jesus by two titles _______________.
A)Savior and Son of Man.
B)the Resurrection and the Life.
C)Alpha and Omega.
D)Christ and Son of God.
6

In the opening scene in Mark, the reader is introduced to a divinely appointed "voice crying in the wilderness," a desert preacher named _________________.
A)John the Baptist
B)Simon Peter
C)Jeremiah
D)John Mark
7

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
8

The term the Gospel of Mark uses most often to refer to Jesus is "Son of God."
A)True
B)False
9

The root meaning of the term "parable" is _______________.
A)mystery
B)teaching
C)comparison
D)riddle
10

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 wants to stress the apocalyptic dimensions of Jesus' ministry, and apocalyptic literature stressed God's victory over forces of supernatural evil
11

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.
12

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
13

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.
14

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
15

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.
16

Once in Jerusalem, Jesus' words and deeds seem to revolve around the concept of the Temple.
A)True
B)False
17

In Mark 13, Jesus delivers a long speech in which he predicts the coming destruction of the Jerusalem Temple.
A)True
B)False
18

In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus ate his last supper with his disciples as an observance of the Jewish feast of Rosh Hashanah.
A)True
B)False
19

When Pontius Pilate condemned Jesus to die by crucifixion, Pilate released a prisoner named Silas to the crowd.
A)True
B)False
20

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?"