Vision Colleges: The Cross and the Crown Multiple Choice Assessment

This document presents the answers to a multiple-choice assessment based on the book "The Cross and the Crown," a resource likely used in a religious studies or theology course at Vision Colleges. The assessment covers a range of topics including the declaration of war between man and Satan, atonement theories, the nature of Christ's victory, the resurrection, and Christian beliefs about immortality. The questions explore key concepts such as the meaning of "luo," the nature of Christ's sufferings, the significance of the resurrection, and comparisons between Christian and other religious viewpoints. The assessment includes questions on the historical context of the resurrection, the significance of the New Testament, and the role of faith in understanding spiritual concepts. The document provides the correct answers to each question, offering valuable insights into the book's content and helping students prepare for similar assessments. Desklib provides past papers and solved assignments for students.

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Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author’s Note:

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Question 1: A central part of what your book calls "the first gospel sermon," was a declaration
of war between
Answer: A. man and Satan
Question 2: Which one of the following statements is false?
Answer: B. Victory can be ours even if we persist in loving sin.
Question 3: According to your book, Satan's "head" consists of
Answer: A. sin, the law, death.
Question 4: "The immediate effect of the coming of Christ, and of his resurrection, was the
destruction of Satan."
Answer: A. true, because scripture teaches that Jesus came to destroy Satan.
Question 5: Which one of the following would not be a good definition of "luo"?
Answer: A. relaxing the knots of a rope, so that it can be easily untied.
Question 6: Which one of the following distracters is false?
Answer: A. Sin is primarily a social and genetic problem.
Question 7: Which one of the following expressions suggests that the victory of Christ over
Satan was like an ancient Roman victory procession?
Answer: B. Made a public example.

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Question 8: The description Josephus gives of a Roman "triumph" is used in your book to
illustrate the victory
Answer: A. Christ gained at Calvary
Question 9: "Deigmatizo" means –
Answer: A. to exhibit publicly.
Question 10: Bishop John Robinson says that the various forms of "supranatural" atonement
theory
Answer: C. may have been useful in more primitive times, but are irrelevant to modern
man.
Question 11: "Atonement theory shows God as acting like a man pulling a drowning insect out
of the water." A proper response to the above statement would be -
Answer: A. "A good illustration of Reformation theology."
Question 12: Select the false statement –
Answer: A. The New Testament clearly presents a theory of atonement based on the
incarnation, death, and resurrection of the Son of God.
Question 13: Your book argues that the basic secret of Calvary's power lies in
Answer: B. the physical and spiritual sufferings of Christ.
Question 14: Among the varieties of wounds suffered by Christ, which one of the following is
not listed?

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Answer: C. Lesion.
Question 15: There are three N.T. references to "water" and "thirst" that are recorded only in the
gospel of
Answer: D. John.
Question 16: Your book says (commenting on Jn 19:28) that the measure of the riches the
Father is willing to bestow on us is
Answer: A. the reverse of the measure of poverty Christ accepted at Calvary.
Question 17: Jesus' citation of Psalm 22:1
Answer: A. was rhetorical only; it did not reflect any real questioning of the Father's
purpose.
Question 18: Concerning Matthew 27:46,
Answer: B. neither man nor devil will ever know the horror of being utterly forsaken as
Jesus was.
Question 19: At Calvary, Christ's "own arm brought him victory, and he was upheld by his ... "
Answer: C. faith.
Question 20: The achievements of art
Answer: D. have in them a strong element of restoring man's good opinion of himself.
Question 21: The two groups of citizens excluded under old English law from "trial by combat"
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Answer: D. women and priests.
Question 22: There is a place in Isaiah's prophecy where it says that the Messiah would be
Answer: D. made sick by the will of God.
Question 23: Henley's poem "Invictus"
Answer: D. pretends to be optimistic, but is troubled throughout by grim irony.
Question 24: The phrase "a spiritual body"
Answer: C. describes a body that has physical properties but transcends normal physical
restraints
Question 25: Select the false statement –
Answer: C. We have a reasonably clear picture of Jesus' present human form in heaven.
Question 26: Select the false statement –
Answer: C. Only during the days just after the resurrection was it possible to "prove" to a
secular mind that Christ had risen.
Question 27: Select the false statement –
Answer: A. Christ avoided giving evidence of his resurrection that could be absolutely
validated historically.
Question 28: Origen argued that

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Answer: B. Jesus chose the witnesses of his resurrection without reference to their personal
capability.
Question 29: Select the true statement –
Answer: A. The limited and veiled post-resurrection appearances of Christ show that the
historicity of the event is no longer important.
Question 30: If one or more of the following statements is false, mark the “A” square on your
answer sheet. If they are all true, mark the “B” square.
Answer: "A" square
Question 31: If one or more of the following statements is false, mark the "A" square on your
answer sheet. If they are all true, mark the “B” square.
Answer: "A" square
Question 32: God had no interest in providing "scientific" evidence of the resurrection of Jesus,
because
Answer: B. the resurrection presented a new and spiritual mode of being which could not
be objectively demonstrated.
Question 33: Concerning Jesus' family (his "mother", and his "brothers and sisters"):
Answer: B. John was the oldest of the Lord's half-brothers, and legend tells that he refused
to eat until the risen Jesus had appeared to him personally.
Question 34: Select the true statement –

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Answer: B. There is no measurable difference between the vision Paul had of Christ and the
visions of Christ many others have had since then.
Question 35: According to Justin Martyr
Answer: A. the Jews were still claiming, as late as 150 AD, that the disciples had stolen the
body of Jesus.
Question 36: In relation to the resurrection, there are two irreducible facts that are fully
verifiable historically. One of those facts is
Answer: B. the early Christian belief in the resurrection.
Question 37: The chief proof the early church offered for the resurrection was
Answer: A. the church itself.
Question 38: There are three things for which only the resurrection seems an adequate
explanation -
Answer: A. the New Testament, Sunday, the Eucharist.
Question 39: Which one of the following propositions does not represent a biblical viewpoint?
Answer: A. The physical universe is a closed system running in conformity with universal
law.
Question 40: Augustine argued that
Answer: A. the only inviolable law, whether in heaven or on earth, is the will of God.

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Question 41: Which one of the following propositions is not part of the argument contained in
Lesson Six, sections (I)(A)(3) to (I)(A)(5)?
Answer: C. Reason alone cannot bring one to belief in the resurrection, because the
trustworthiness of reason is itself something we accept by faith - it cannot be "proved".
Question 42: When you have carefully read right through Chapter Six of your book, mark the
"A" square of your answer sheet.
Answer: "A" square
Question 43: Which one of the following objections to the "hallucination theory" is not given in
your book?
Answer: B. There was no apparent external cause for such an hallucination - they were
expecting to find a dead body, cold in the grave, not to meet a living man.
Question 44: The Gospel of Peter is cited in your book as evidence of
Answer: D. the tendency to fantasy which characterises the non-canonical gospels.
Question 45: Christ was raised from the dead by
Answer: A. a direct act of the Father, indirectly assisted by Christ himself, and by the Holy
Spirit.
Question 46: "Thou, over whom thy Immortality / Broods like the Day ... " Those words were
written by a man who saw a proof of immortality in
Answer: B. a child

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Question 47: Preference for a spiritual instead of a bodily resurrection was first expressed in the
church
Answer: A. as early as the time of the apostles.
Question 48: Which one of the following statements is given in your book as the most probable
reason why there were some in the early church who preferred the idea of a "spiritual"
resurrection to a "bodily" one?
Answer: B. A dualistic concept in which matter and spirit were seen as being mutually
antagonistic.
Question 49: Which one of the following ideas is not included in the arguments quoted from
Bertrand Russell [Section (II)(A)(1)]?
Answer: D. If a simple lack of iodine can render a child insane, how can it be supposed that
the mind can survive the destruction wrought by death?
Question 50: We Christians agree with Russell that
Answer: A. the distinction of the ego from the physical part of man can neither be proved
nor disproved.
Question 51: Concerning the beliefs of the Ancients
Answer: B. they strongly believed that in the after-life good people would be rewarded and
evil people punished.
Question 52: Which one of the following statements does not represent Hindu beliefs?

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Answer: B. The soul that has migrated to a human level may fail to advance any higher, but
at least it cannot relapse into an animal (non-human) state.
Question 53: Muslims
Answer: B. believe with Christians that all the dead will be raised bodily from their graves
to face the day of Judgment
Question 54: The Christian authenticates his belief in immortality
Answer: B. by an exercise of faith in Christ.
Question 55: "Christians hold different views about how the resurrection will take place, and
about the nature of the resurrection. This is surprising since the New Testament gives a clear
explanation of both matters." Concerning those two sentences
Answer: C. they are both true.
Question 56: The Koran teaches that
Answer: A. Jesus was a prophet of God but not a miracle-worker.
Question 57: Paul's analogy of the new garment (2 Corinthians 5:3-4) suggests that
Answer: B. the new body that emerges from the grave will be indescribably glorious and
eternal.
Question 58: If you have carefully read Chapter Eight, Section (I)(C), of your book, mark the
“A” square of your answer sheet.
Answer: “A” square

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Question 59: Which one of the following does not suggest the meaning of the Greek word
"arrabon"?
Answer: D. The warring armies exchanged hostages.
Question 60: The "arrabon" of the Holy Spirit
Answer: A. is limited to a charismatic baptism in the Holy Spirit.
Question 61: Which one of the following writers was the first to give Deuteronomy 21:22-23 a
messianic and redemptive significance?
Answer: B. Paul.
Question 62: Which one of the following statements is false?
Answer: D. Without the resurrection, Christ would have lived on as the Logos, but his
human nature would have remained imprisoned in Hades.
Question 63: If you have carefully read Chapter Nine, sections (I)-(A)(B)(C)(D)(E), and their
footnotes, mark the "A" square of your answer sheet.
Answer: "A" square
Question 64: If you have carefully read Chapter Nine, sections (I) - (F)(G), mark the "A" square
of your answer sheet.
Answer: "A" square

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Question 65: It is possible to accept fully the resurrection of Christ as an historical fact without
ever discovering the power of that resurrection. This is because there is a price to pay. That price
is said in your book to be –
Answer: C. willingness to be conformed to the nature of Christ.
Question 66: Which one of the following sayings would be most likely to have been spoken by a
loyal citizen of Philippi?
Answer: B. The chief language in Philippi will always be Latin.
Question 67: "The word `Saviour' does not occur in the New Testament as often as might be
expected. This is probably because the Caesars were commonly spoken of as `the saviours of
mankind'." Concerning those two sentences –
Answer: C. they are both true.
Question 68: According to your book, the essence of Paul's discussion in Romans 6:3-7, 11- 13
is this:
Answer: A. the place of baptism in achieving victory over sin.
Question 69: The way to gain victory over sin is to believe three things that are true of every
person who has come into union with Christ. Those three things are that you are
Answer: C. crucified, buried, and raised with Christ.
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Answer: D. to so struggle against sin that temptation no longer has any power to entice you
to evil.
Question 71: The tale of "The Wilful Child" is told in your book to illustrate the idea that –
Answer: B. while your "old self" may seem to be active, it can be, and must be, subdued by
simple faith alone.
Question 72: The resurrection has an evidential value. That means,
Answer: B. it established the boundless value of the death of Christ
Question 73: Which one of the following statements is true?
Answer: C. The essential element of the resurrection story is the certainty that the spirit of
Jesus is still alive.
Question 74: "The resurrection is the source of our faith in Christ, first, because it is an effective
witness of his true identity, and second, because as a direct result of the resurrection we are
brought into union with Christ."
Answer: C. they are both true.
Question 75: "It is convenient to talk as though certain works of Christ were the effective means
of our redemption. It is, however, more accurate to think of those works as providing the legal
basis upon which he himself can now act to save us."
Answer: C. they are both true.
Question 76: Which one of the following statements is true?

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Answer: A. A careful division must be maintained between the work Christ accomplished
on the cross, and the work accomplished in the resurrection.
Question 77: If you have carefully read Section (II) of Chapter Ten of your book, mark the "A"
square of your answer sheet.
Answer: "A" square
Question 78: Please read again Section (II) of Chapter Four ("The Evidence of the
Resurrection") of your book. When you have done so, and are satisfied that you understand the
argument given there, mark the "A" square of your answer sheet; otherwise, Mark B.
Answer: "A" square
Question 79: Please read again Section (III) of Chapter Five ("The First Christians") of your
book. When you have done so, and are satisfied that you understand the argument given there,
mark the "A" square of your answer sheet; otherwise. Mark B
Answer: "A" square
Question 80: Please read again Section (I)(A) and (B) of Chapter Ten of your book. When you
have done so, and are satisfied that you understand the argument given there, mark the "A"
square of your answer sheet; otherwise, Mark B.
Answer: "A" square