Multiple Choice Quiz


1	_______________ is the central character of the New Testament.
		A)	Jesus of Nazareth
		B)	The apostle Paul
		C)	Simon Peter
		D)	The virgin Mary


2	Christianity is unique among the religions of the world in that it has a body of writings called "scriptures" that Christians believe are sacred and authoritative.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Jesus and his disciples lived in a region known in ancient times as ______________.
		A)	Egypt.
		B)	Greece.
		C)	Asia Minor.
		D)	Palestine.


4	The term "Bible" is derived from the word biblia, which means _________________.
		A)	"scripture."
		B)	"little books."
		C)	"creed."
		D)	"law."


5	Early Christian believers referred to Jesus of Nazareth as _______________, a term that means "anointed one" and that ancient Jews applied to all of Israel's kings.
		A)	Hebrew
		B)	Prophet
		C)	Messiah
		D)	Apostle


6	The term "testament" is another word for "covenant."
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	The Septuagint is the oldest Hebrew-language version of the Jewish Scriptures.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	The books of the New Testament were all written between the years _______________.
		A)	50-150 C.E.
		B)	1000-440 B.C.E.
		C)	586-538 B.C.E.
		D)	367-1517 C.E.


9	This was the most common language spoken in the Mediterranean world in the time of Jesus.
		A)	Attic Greek
		B)	Koin_ Greek
		C)	Hebrew
		D)	Latin


10	The word "gospel" translates the Greek term euangelion, which means
		A)	"ancient truth."
		B)	"great mystery."
		C)	"good news."
		D)	"divine miracle."


11	The literary genre of gospel is defined as ____________________.
		A)	a book describing the end of the world.
		B)	a history of the early church.
		C)	a letter of encouragement written by an apostle.
		D)	a narrative about Jesus' deeds and teachings.


12	The central concern for all four New Testament Gospel writers in writing about the life of Jesus is ________________.
		A)	Jesus' suffering and death.
		B)	Jesus' performance of miracles.
		C)	Jesus' parables and other teachings.
		D)	the amazing circumstances surrounding Jesus' birth.


13	The Book of Revelation is a good example of the New Testament literary category of early church history.
		A)	True
		B)	False


14	"Eschatology" is a term that means "a study of God."
		A)	True
		B)	False


15	The New Testament contains _______________ documents.
		A)	27
		B)	36
		C)	48
		D)	66


16	Paul's genuine letters were written to mostly Gentile (non-Jewish) Christian congregations in the first century C.E.
		A)	True
		B)	False


17	This gospel is not a part of the New Testament, and it consists almost exclusively of sayings of the risen Jesus.
		A)	The Gospel of Matthew
		B)	The Gospel of John
		C)	The Gospel of Thomas
		D)	The Gospel of Peter


18	The task of biblical criticism involves ___________________.
		A)	discovering the faults and inadequacies of the Bible.
		B)	the rational analysis of the Bible in order to understand it better.
		C)	using principles found in the Bible to analyze other aspects of life.
		D)	denying the spiritual significance of the Bible.


19	The title of the Book of Revelation in Greek is apokalypsis, a word that means ______________.
		A)	hidden secrets.
		B)	unveiling.
		C)	analysis.
		D)	last things.


20	The term "eschatology" means the study of beliefs about _______________.
		A)	ethics.
		B)	evil.
		C)	the origins of the Bible.
		D)	the End of time.

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