NTI FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE Exam
Questions And Answers 2024
The only historical evidence we have for Jesus is found in the New Testament writings.
T/F - correct answer-False
The description of Jesus as a peasant is most likely inaccurate. T/F - correct answer-
True
Which of the following is the best analogy for a Gospel?
a. digital photograph
c. caricature
b. Portrait
d. hologram - correct answer-Portrait
No responsible historian of antiquity doubts what about Jesus? - correct answer-
Existence
From whom do we learn that Nero blamed Christians for setting fire to Rome? - correct
answer-Tacitus
Who was king over all the Holy Land when Jesus was born? - correct answer-Herod the
Great
Which of the following occupations was least likely the occupation of Jesus?
a. Carpenter
b. stone worker
c. tenant farmer - correct answer-Tenant Farmer
Which of the following should we NOT assume about Jesus?
a. He was multilingual.
c. He was able to read.
b. He was a skilled craftsman.
d. He was able to write. - correct answer-He was able to write
According to your textbook, what event seems to have prompted Jesus' ministry? -
correct answer-The ministry of John the Baptist
What did ancient people believe most revealed people's character? - correct answer-
Their origins and birth and the way they died
Which of the following is the best understanding of miracles?
a. violation of the laws of nature
b. violation of the laws of god
, c. beyond the known laws of nature, but not against them
d. surreal imagery - correct answer-Beyond the known laws of nature, but not against
them
Which is the majority view about early Christianity among scholars worldwide?
a. It included a wide diversity of beliefs almost right from the beginning.
b. It was largely unified, with a shared core of convictions about belief and behavior.
c. Orthodoxy was imposed by emperor Constantine and several early church councils.
d. None of the above - correct answer-It was largely unified, with a shared core of
convictions about belief and behavior
What factors fostered doctrinal unity within Christianity even from the very beginning?
They shared the same religious roots with one another and with Jesus.
b. They shared the same religious texts with one another and with Jesus.
c. The stories about what Jesus said and did were related and governed by
eyewitnesses.
d. All of the above - correct answer-All the Above
What evidence speaks against the view that numerous alternative forms of Christianity
competed with one
another before an orthodox form was ever established?
They emerged later (second through fourth centuries)
b. They invaded from outside the community
c. They were influenced by Greek philosophical schools
d. They depended on and reacted to earlier Christian documents
e. All of the above - correct answer-All the above
Peter may have travelled as extensively as Paul in discharging his duty of fulfilling the
Great Commission. T/F - correct answer-True
According to your textbook, the notion that Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, and the
Johannine Epistles are general encyclicals written to all people in the empire is entirely
mistaken.
T/F - correct answer-True
James contains several references to the law. T/F - correct answer-True
According to your textbook, James should not be seen as an extreme Pharisaical
legalist.
T/F - correct answer-True
The author of the epistle of James most likely was... - correct answer-James, the half-
brother of Jesus
The primary purpose/s that seem/s to underlie the Epistle of James is/are. . .
a. to counter the false "gospel" of the Judaizers.
Questions And Answers 2024
The only historical evidence we have for Jesus is found in the New Testament writings.
T/F - correct answer-False
The description of Jesus as a peasant is most likely inaccurate. T/F - correct answer-
True
Which of the following is the best analogy for a Gospel?
a. digital photograph
c. caricature
b. Portrait
d. hologram - correct answer-Portrait
No responsible historian of antiquity doubts what about Jesus? - correct answer-
Existence
From whom do we learn that Nero blamed Christians for setting fire to Rome? - correct
answer-Tacitus
Who was king over all the Holy Land when Jesus was born? - correct answer-Herod the
Great
Which of the following occupations was least likely the occupation of Jesus?
a. Carpenter
b. stone worker
c. tenant farmer - correct answer-Tenant Farmer
Which of the following should we NOT assume about Jesus?
a. He was multilingual.
c. He was able to read.
b. He was a skilled craftsman.
d. He was able to write. - correct answer-He was able to write
According to your textbook, what event seems to have prompted Jesus' ministry? -
correct answer-The ministry of John the Baptist
What did ancient people believe most revealed people's character? - correct answer-
Their origins and birth and the way they died
Which of the following is the best understanding of miracles?
a. violation of the laws of nature
b. violation of the laws of god
, c. beyond the known laws of nature, but not against them
d. surreal imagery - correct answer-Beyond the known laws of nature, but not against
them
Which is the majority view about early Christianity among scholars worldwide?
a. It included a wide diversity of beliefs almost right from the beginning.
b. It was largely unified, with a shared core of convictions about belief and behavior.
c. Orthodoxy was imposed by emperor Constantine and several early church councils.
d. None of the above - correct answer-It was largely unified, with a shared core of
convictions about belief and behavior
What factors fostered doctrinal unity within Christianity even from the very beginning?
They shared the same religious roots with one another and with Jesus.
b. They shared the same religious texts with one another and with Jesus.
c. The stories about what Jesus said and did were related and governed by
eyewitnesses.
d. All of the above - correct answer-All the Above
What evidence speaks against the view that numerous alternative forms of Christianity
competed with one
another before an orthodox form was ever established?
They emerged later (second through fourth centuries)
b. They invaded from outside the community
c. They were influenced by Greek philosophical schools
d. They depended on and reacted to earlier Christian documents
e. All of the above - correct answer-All the above
Peter may have travelled as extensively as Paul in discharging his duty of fulfilling the
Great Commission. T/F - correct answer-True
According to your textbook, the notion that Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, and the
Johannine Epistles are general encyclicals written to all people in the empire is entirely
mistaken.
T/F - correct answer-True
James contains several references to the law. T/F - correct answer-True
According to your textbook, James should not be seen as an extreme Pharisaical
legalist.
T/F - correct answer-True
The author of the epistle of James most likely was... - correct answer-James, the half-
brother of Jesus
The primary purpose/s that seem/s to underlie the Epistle of James is/are. . .
a. to counter the false "gospel" of the Judaizers.
