Question 1

Galatians was written in response to false teaching taught by Paul's opponents, the Judaizers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Paul was a new convert when he wrote his letters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

According to your textbook, the idea that in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 Paul is referring to a rapture of the faithful out of this world and into heaven so that they might avoid the final tribulation on earth is foreign to the context of 1 Thessalonians and foreign to Paul's meaning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT true about the Mosaic law?

Accepted Answer

A)   It was intended to be temporary.
B)   It incited sin.
C)   It was rendered obsolete by the coming of Christ.
D)   It was defective.

Question 5

1 Thessalonians was written . . .

Accepted Answer

A)   to urge the Thessalonians to realize that their fellow believers have not died in vain and will be included in the final resurrection.
B)   to help the audience to live in hope until the Lord returns.
C)   to encourage the audience to work.
D)   Both a and b

Question 6

Paul's epistles for the most part were . . .

Accepted Answer

A)   careful, thoughtful responses of a seasoned apostle.
B)   sudden, "knee-jerk" reactions to specific problems in the church.
C)   cast in the genre of ancient poetry.
D)   written to a single individual.

Question 7

What type of language does Paul use in 1 Thess. 4:13-5:11 which talks about meeting the Lord in the air with both the dead in Christ and the living going forth to meet and greet the Lord as he returns?

Accepted Answer

A)   Language of the rapture
B)   Language of a royal visit
C)   Kingship language
D)   Patriarchal language

Question 8

What type of city was Thessalonica?

Accepted Answer

A)   A walled city
B)   A remote city
C)   A rural city
D)   All of the above

Question 9

What is Paul combating in Galatians?

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Question 10

Paul discouraged lower- or middle-class believers from attaching themselves to a patron because . . .

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A)   it was humiliating personally.
B)   it was humiliating on Christ.
C)   Christ alone is their Patron.
D)   it led to ethical compromise.

Question 11

What does Paul describe himself as when he refers to his relationship between himself and his converts?

Accepted Answer

A)   A mother
B)   A midwife or nurse
C)   A king
D)   Both a and b

Question 12

Paul's opponents in Galatia were the . . .

Accepted Answer

A)   Galatians themselves.
B)   Judaizers.
C)   Jerusalem apostles.
D)   Roman officials of that region.

Question 13

What type of rhetoric characterizes Paul's epistle to the Galatians?

Accepted Answer

A)   forensic
B)   deliberative
C)   epideictic
D)   polemical

Question 14

1 Thessalonians is primarily what type of rhetoric?

Accepted Answer

A)   forensic
B)   epideictic
C)   Deliberative
D)   Quintillion

Question 15

When Paul said, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free," he meant freedom . . .

Accepted Answer

A)   from the Mosaic Law.
B)   from bondage to sin.
C)   Both of the above
D)   None of the above

Question 16

Witherington argues that when Paul refers to the Law of Christ he means . . .

Accepted Answer

A)   portions of the Old Testament Law reaffirmed by Christ.
B)   the new teaching of Christ.
C)   some apostolic teaching.
D)   All of the above

Question 17

What prompts the writing of 1 and 2 Thessalonians?

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Question 18

The term that identifies Jewish Christians who believed that followers of Jesus of whatever ethnic background had to be circumcised and keep the entire Mosaic Law in order to be full-fledged Christians is . . .

Accepted Answer

A)   nomists.
B)   antinomians.
C)   infralapsarians.
D)   Judaizers.

Question 19

What was Paul's view of the Mosaic Law after his conversion? Explain the difference between a covenant and the laws within a covenant.

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Question 20

Why did Paul at times refuse financial support for his ministry endeavors?

Accepted Answer

A)   Paul thought ministers should work for free or very little.
B)   Paul did not want to become part of a patron client relationship involving himself in a reciprocity cycle.
C)   Paul did not want his travel and ability to offer the Gospel free of charge to be restricted.
D)   Both b. and c.

Exam 10: Paul the Letter Writer Part One: The Earlier Letters