The New Testament A Student's Introduction 8th Edition by Stephen Harris - Test Bank

Chapter 03 The Diverse World of First-Century Judaism     
Multiple Choice Questions
  1. (p. 45) The "greatest" commandment, given by Yahweh in the Old Testament and Jesus in the New Testament, is to 
A. hate sin.
B. love yourself.
C. love others.
D. worship Yahweh exclusively.   2. (p. 45) The name of Israel's Deity, Yahweh, means 
A. "The Alpha and Omega."
B. "I Rule."
C. "I Am."
D. "The Holy One."   3. (p. 45) "Hallelujah" means 
A. "wonderful."
B. "sing praises to heaven."
C. "hail to the king."
D. "praise Jah," where "Jah" is a shortened form of Yahweh.   4. (p. 45) In what way was first-century Judaism unique in religions of antiquity? 
A. It demanded various rituals.
B. It involved animal sacrifices.
C. It was fiercely monotheistic.
D. It taught that everyone had God within.   5. (p. 45) To which two religions did Judaism pass its monotheism? 
A. Christianity and Islam
B. Christianity and Hinduism
C. Hinduism and Buddhism
D. Zoroastrianism and Hinduism   6. (p. 49) The scattering of Jews forced to live outside Palestine among foreign nations was called the 
A. Diaspora.
B. Epiphany.
C. Doxology.
D. Midrash.   7. (p. 46) What was one of the first major issues to divide the early Jewish Christian community? 
A. eschatological differences
B. disagreements over which book to include in the canon
C. that under Mosaic Law it was virtually impossible for Christians with a Jewish background to worship, socialize, eat, etc. with Christians with a Gentile background
D. the Roman laws prohibiting integration   8. (p. 46) "Circumcision" means 
A. the surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis, done as a physical sign of the covenant between Yahweh and his people.
B. the ritual practice of walking around the Temple seven times before entering.
C. to cover the head when in the presence of the Lord.
D. figuratively, to go around obstacles.   9. (p. 47) The prophet Jeremiah and the authors of the books of Kings blamed the Babylonian captivity (587-538 BCE) on 
A. Babylon's idolatry.
B. Israel's collective failure to honor their covenant vows.
C. Yahweh's fickleness in sticking to his side of the covenant.
D. Israel's misunderstanding of the commandments.   10. (p. 49) What about Paul's "radical" gospel was so appalling to the Christian Jews? 
A. that even unbelievers could become Christians
B. that Paul was advocating anarchy
C. that the Sabbath was suspended
D. that the Gentiles were not obligated to obey the Torah obligations   11. (p. 49) Who is considered the chief progenitor of the Jewish people? 
A. Moses
B. Abraham
C. Melchizedek
D. Adam   12. (p. 49) Which is not something that Yahweh vowed to Abraham? 
A. to make his descendents a source of blessing for all people on earth
B. to multiply his descendants and create a line of kings from them
C. to give his descendents the land of Canaan
D. to make him wealthy   13. (p. 50) The one day a year, in the autumn, when Israel's High Priest entered the Temple and presented sin offerings for the people so that their sins could be forgiven was called 
A. Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).
B. Rosh Hashanah.
C. Passover.
D. Hanukkah.   14. (p. 51-52) Why didn't the Sadducees, as a group, survive beyond the first century? 
A. The Romans dispersed them in the Diaspora.
B. Their narrow focus on Temple ritual could no longer be practiced after the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE.
C. They converted to Christianity.
D. They were shown the error of their ways by King Herod, and converted to emperor worship.   15. (p. 51) Which Jewish group dominated the Sanhedrin? 
A. Essenes
B. Pharisees
C. Zealots
D. Sadducees   16. (p. 52-53) Together, the Mishnah and the Gemara make up the immense compendium of rabbinic scholarship that serves as a guidebook for daily living. It is called the 
A. Torah.
B. Talmud.
C. Hebrew Bible.
D. Apocrypha.   17. (p. 53) Who is credited with protecting the early Jesus movement from repression by the Jewish authorities? 
A. Gamaliel
B. Hillel
C. Shammai
D. Judah ha-Nasi   18. (p. 53-54) With the Temple destroyed, Jews no longer had the means of making atonement to cleanse people's sin. Ben Zakkai suggested a new ritual to replace the old system of animal sacrifice. What was it? 
A. confession of sins to the rabbis
B. On a small scale and on the same time table as the old system, each family would sacrifice a small animal in their own home.
C. Behave correctly in the first place (if you don't commit any sins, then you won't have anything to be forgiven for).
D. "deeds of love" and humanitarian service   19. (p. 54) Among the various parties cited in Josephus, which was the only group (apart from what became rabbinical Judaism) to survive to the present day? 
A. Pharisees
B. Samaritans
C. Sadducees
D. Zealots   20. (p. 55) Scholars had almost no Jewish literature dating from the centuries immediately before or during the formative period of Christianity until 
A. the discovery of parchment fragments in Syria, which still have not been translated.
B. the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1947.
C. Rabbi Shammai's death, and with it the exposure of several scrolls of that period that he had kept secluded.
D. the Mt. Zion Papers were dug up at the base of Mt Zion.   21. (p. 55) The evidence that early Christianity had its roots in Palestine is provided by 
A. the Gospels.
B. the Dead Sea Scrolls.
C. the letters to Paul.
D. the Mishnah.   22. (p. 56-57) What is not a reason that the Dead Sea Scrolls are as enormously important to biblical researchers as they are? 
A. They reveal seven new revelations that directly contradict later New Testament works.
B. They contain the oldest surviving copies of the Hebrew Bible.
C. They include copies and fragments of apocryphal and pseudepigraphal works.
D. They were written by the Essenes, who were already well-respected commentators.   23. (p. 61-62) At what point in Jesus' public ministry did anyone call him “the Messiah?” 
A. not until he was dying on the cross
B. the beginning
C. halfway
D. at the Last Supper   24. (p. 62) After King Solomon's death, Israel split into two nations called 
A. Sodom and Gomorrah.
B. Israel and Judah.
C. Smyrna and Golgoth.
D. Antiochus and Syria.   25. (p. 62) Who brought Davidic rule to a permanent end, thereby spurring the psalmist to accuse Yahweh of breaking his promise to continue the prosperity of the line of David forever? 
A. Titus
B. Solomon
C. Nebuchadnezzar
D. Zerubbabel   26. (p. 67) The Sicarii were 
A. rural, poor Zealots.
B. desert dwellers.
C. devout Jews of the Sadducee group.
D. urban terrorists and assassins.   27. (p. 63) Which characteristic is not a characteristic of the Messiah in the Psalm of Solomon 17? 
A. sinless
B. skeptical
C. powerful
D. human   28. (p. 63) By what means does the "Lord Messiah" achieve dominion? 
A. the power of the holy spirit and the strength of wisdom and understanding
B. through the power available to the warrior-king
C. with perseverance and endurance
D. angelic assistance   29. (p. 63-65) John's Gospel concludes by stating that Jesus' kingdom does not belong to 
A. the "unclean."
B. Satan.
C. this world.
D. Yahweh.   30. (p. 63-65) What was the dilemma that Christians faced after the resurrection of Jesus? 
A. They were convinced that he was David's predestined heir who was to reestablish David's kingdom, but he failed to reestablish David's kingdom as prophesied.
B. They were convinced that he was the Messiah, but he told his disciples that he wasn't.
C. They were convinced that he was sent by Yahweh, but that Satan also claimed to send him.
D. They were convinced that he was human, but that he performed miracles.   31. (p. 66-67) What was one way that early Christians refuted the criticism that Jesus had failed to fulfill many scriptural promises? 
A. by pointing out that the timeframe for the unfolding of the promises has not been revealed; therefore, it's presumptuous to claim that the promises should have come true already
B. by reinterpreting the promises
C. by saying that quoting Scriptures that do not support their claims is devil's work
D. by reinterpreting Scripture     
True / False Questions
  32. (p. 44) The Jesus movement experienced its most significant growth in Palestine first before spreading to the Greco-Roman world. 
FALSE   33. (p. 45) Jews held certain tenets in common that set them apart as a distinctive religious community. 
TRUE   34. (p. 45) "Omniscient" means all powerful. 
FALSE   35. (p. 46) The purity laws in the book of Leviticus prohibited contact with menstruating women. 
TRUE   36. (p. 48) New Testament writers expressed differing attitudes toward strict adherence to the Torah. 
TRUE   37. (p. 49) The Ark of the Covenant was kept in the inner most room of the Temple, called the Holy of Holies. 
TRUE   38. (p. 67) Jesus grew up in a small backwater village with no large cities for hundreds of miles. 
FALSE   39. (p. 67) Archeologists have recently discovered that Galilee, previously thought to be a rural backwater, had a cosmopolitan city, Sepphoris, located only a few miles from Jesus' hometown of Nazareth. 
TRUE   40. (p. 52) The Pharisees advocated progressive reinterpretation of Scripture. 
TRUE   41. (p. 51-52) The Sadducees did not believe in a judgment day, resurrection, rewards and penalties in the afterlife based on deeds in this life, angels, or demons. 
TRUE   42. (p. 53) Paul's teacher was Gamaliel. 
TRUE   43. (p. 54) While the Jerusalem Jews worshiped at the Temple on Mt. Zion, the Essenes worshiped on Mt. Gerizim. 
FALSE   44. (p. 55) It is widely held that the Dead Sea Scrolls were produced by the Essenes. 
TRUE   45. (p. 56-57) The oldest surviving copies of the Hebrew Bible were found in caves in Qumran. 
TRUE   46. (p. 60) The Zadokite Document outlines the "New Covenant" made in the "land of Damascus" (presumably a code word for the Qumran establishment) under which the Essene group lived. 
TRUE   47. (p. 60) The Dead Sea Scroll titled "War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness" became what is now known as Revelation. 
FALSE   48. (p. 60) John the Baptist seems to echo some of the characteristics of the Essenes. 
TRUE   49. (p. 60) One of Jesus' disciples was a Zealot. 
TRUE   50. (p. 61) "Messiah" means "holy one." 
FALSE   51. (p. 62) The kingdom of Judah was ruled by the Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Syrians, and Romans at various times in their history. 
TRUE   52. (p. 67) The Sicarii were pacifist monks who practiced the true faith in secluded monasteries. 
FALSE   Chapter 01 An Overview of the New Testament     
Multiple Choice Questions
  1. (p. 3) What did Christian leaders intend to do when they assembled at Nicaea in Asia Minor about 300 years after Jesus was crucified? 
A. Plan a holy war against Islam.
B. Write an amendment to the New Testament to canonize non-Christian scriptures.
C. Decree that Jesus was more than a teacher and prophet, more than the Son of God but God himself.
D. Reevaluate the divinity of Jesus in light of that fact that he did not return as promised.   2. (p. 3) Which religion believes that the Quran transmits the one true faith? 
A. Buddhism
B. Judaism
C. Hinduism
D. Islam   3. (p. 4) Why do the Jews believe that they have exclusive property rights to Palestine? 
A. It was theirs to begin with, before Rome conquered it.
B. According to Roman law, anyone who developed the land for more than three generations had legal rights to its title.
C. According to Genesis, God gave them this territory, calling it the Promised Land.
D. As the "chosen people" they believed that anything they wanted they could have, and God would support them.   4. (p. 8) "Messiah" means 
A. Holy One.
B. Anointed One.
C. King.
D. Wise One.   5. (p. 9-10) Writing 600 years before the time of Jesus, Jeremiah prophesied that the Old Covenant would be replaced by 
A. democracy.
B. self-rule.
C. the New Covenant, or "Testament."
D. the Mosaic Covenant.   6. (p. 11) Christians believed that all the covenants and promises made to Israel throughout history were fulfilled by 
A. Moses.
B. the work of the seventy.
C. the apostles.
D. Jesus.   7. (p. 11) What work was produced, according to legend, by seventy-two Hebrew scholars, divided into twelve groups of six, laboring for seventy-two days, and ultimately creating identical translations in isolation? 
A. the Septuagint
B. the Pentateuch
C. Revelation
D. the Torah   8. (p. 11) The Septuagint became the standard biblical text for 
A. East Indians.
B. Russian Orthodox Christians.
C. Muslims.
D. Jews throughout the Greco-Roman world.   9. (p. 13) An "evangelist" spreads 
A. knowledge of good and evil.
B. rumors.
C. predictions of pestilence and plagues.
D. the "good news."   10. (p. 13-14) What is the distinction between gospel and Gospel? 
A. Uncapitalized, gospel is an oral message; capitalized, Gospel is a literary work.
B. Uncapitalized, gospel refers to non-Christian scripture; capitalized, Gospel refers to New Testament scripture.
C. Uncapitalized, gospel just means news; capitalized, Gospel means good news.
D. Uncapitalized, gospel is a style of music; capitalized, Gospel is any piece of literature that is true.   11. (p. 14) What biographic detailed information about the life of Jesus is conveyed in all four Gospels? 
A. Nothing is known about his birth and death; only his teachings remain.
B. His entire life is well detailed, including his formative years and how his education, associations, etc. influenced him.
C. Only the final week of his human existence (with the exception of his birth and a single incident during a pilgrimage to Jerusalem) and his public ministry are conveyed.
D. The first five and the last five years of his life are covered.   12. (p. 14) The "Passion" refers to 
A. the feelings and desires of Jesus' life.
B. the suffering and death of Jesus.
C. the longing for the Parousia.
D. the zeal for fighting evil.   13. (p. 14-17) Which are not examples of New Testament literary forms? 
A. apocalyptic literature
B. the Gospels
C. narratives of the early church and the epistles
D. hymnals   14. (p. 14-16) The four Gospels are united in their emphasis of the value and significance of Jesus' ministry, death, and resurrection, thus forming the composite foundational document for the Christian religion. But, they are diverse in 
A. their assessment of who Jesus was.
B. their authors' thoughts and responses to Jesus' ministry, death, and resurrection.
C. their methods of telling their readership where and how Jesus grew up.
D. the languages they were written in.   15. (p. 18) The "Fifth Gospel" (which was not included in the New Testament) was unlike the other Gospels in that it contains no mention of Jesus' miracles, his death, or resurrection. This book was written by 
A. Mark.
B. John.
C. Thomas.
D. Luke.   16. (p. 16) "Orthodoxy" means 
A. correct teaching.
B. the mainstream view.
C. holy writings.
D. divinely inspired instruction.   17. (p. 16) In what year did Roman armies destroy Jerusalem, the city and the Temple? 
A. 300 CE
B. 122 BCE
C. 1 CE
D. 70 CE   18. (p. 19) The practice of objectively investigating the oral traditions that preceded the written Gospels and the analysis of their final form, content, and structure is called 
A. scriptural journalism.
B. divine judgment.
C. anthropological study.
D. biblical criticism.   19. (p. 7) Which is not apocrypha (a deuterocanonical book)? 
A. 2 Maccabees
B. Esdras
C. Malachi
D. Judith   20. (p. 7-8) When New Testament authors refer to "Scripture" they mean 
A. the Hebrew Bible, usually in the Greek Septuagint edition.
B. the Torah, usually in the New International Version.
C. the Pentateuch, usually in the American Standard version.
D. the apocrypha.     
True / False Questions
  21. (p. 3) Non-Christian religions also have scriptures. 
TRUE   22. (p. 4) The eastern Mediterranean region during the time of Jesus was a progressive, technologically sophisticated metropolis whose inhabitants were open to the radical new teachings of Jesus. 
FALSE   23. (p. 4) The eastern margin of the Mediterranean Sea was promised to Abraham's descendants by Yahweh, although by the time of Jesus it was controlled by Rome. 
TRUE   24. (p. 8) Evidence that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah was gleaned from the Hebrew Bible. 
TRUE   25. (p. 8) The term "Messiah" means "Anointed One" and applied to all of Israel's kings. 
TRUE   26. (p. 8) Under the terms of the Mosaic Covenant, Israel swore to stop following the pagan god, Yahweh, and obey the one true God, Allah. 
FALSE   27. (p. 8) The Torah is also referred to as the Pentateuch. 
TRUE   28. (p. 11) Alexandria, Egypt, was at this time one of the world's largest centers of literary and scientific research. 
TRUE   29. (p. 11) The New Testament is homogeneous, with all 27 of its books written in the same genre. 
FALSE   30. (p. 12) The Gospels were all written by Paul. 
FALSE