Chapter 15 Test Bank Answers Paul & Church Crises Epistles

Chapter 15

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 01

1. The primary reason Paul wrote to Galatia was _____.

a. to insist that they not convert to Judaism

b. to insist that they convert to Judaism

c. to insist that they be circumcised

d. to argue against their view that they already enjoyed an exalted existence

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 02

2. According to Paul, circumcision _____.

a. was painful and therefore unnecessary

b. was of the utmost importance for Christians

c. made no difference in whether a person was righteous

d. was a personal choice for Christians

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 03

3. Galatians is unique among the undisputed Pauline letters because _____.

a. it is a compilation of two letters

b. it contains no thanksgiving

c. it is not addressed to a Christian community

d. it contains no prescript

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 04

4. Paul founded the Galatian churches _____.

a. by setting up shop in an insula

b. by preaching in the synagogue

c. by sending Timothy to the area

d. when he fell ill in the area

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 05

5. Paul’s opponents in Galatia appear to have _____.

a. questioned Paul’s authority to preach

b. fully supported Paul’s gospel

c. insisted on rebaptizing the Galatians

d. preached primarily in the local synagogue

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 06

6. Paul countered his Galatian opponents by saying that he _____.

a. received knowledge about Jesus from the disciples

b. was an eyewitness to Jesus’ ministry

c. received his knowledge directly from God

d. had been baptized by John

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 07

7. Paul admitted that he saw Cephas in Jerusalem _____.

a. immediately after his Damascus road experience

b. three years after his conversion

c. before he began his ministry to the Gentiles

d. ten years after his conversion

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 08

8. One way Paul argued against his Galatian opponents was _____.

a. to point out that the apostles agreed with him

b. to point to the Gospels

c. to send Phoebe to them

d. to work miracles

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 09

9. Which of the apostles joined Paul in Antioch and stopped eating with the Gentiles?

a. Cephas

b. James

c. Titus

d. Matthew

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 10

10. According to Paul, a person is justified by _____.

a. adhering to the Law

b. being circumcised

c. faith in Christ

d. believing in the virgin birth

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 11

11. Paul calls the law _____.

a. evil

b. a disciplinarian

c. essential for salvation

d. a prison

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 12

12. Paul appeals to _____ as an example of justification by faith.

a. Abraham

b. Hagar

c. Ishmael

d. Moses

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 13

13. According to Paul, Gentiles fulfill the law by _____.

a. circumcision

b. keeping the Sabbath

c. observing the dietary laws

d. loving one another

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 14

14. Paul wrote Philippians from _____.

a. Philippi

b. Corinth

c. prison

d. Galatia

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 15

15. Paul wrote to the Philippians to _____.

a. assure them of the coming judgment

b. assure them of Epaphroditus’s health

c. assure them of the resurrection of the dead

d. assure them of the equality of Jews and Gentiles

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 16

16. Like 2 Corinthians, many scholars think the letter to the Philippians _____.

a. may be a composite letter

b. addresses sexual immorality in the church

c. corrects misunderstandings of the resurrection

d. argues against the superapostles

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 17

17. Euodia and Syntyche were _____.

a. missionaries who traveled with Paul

b. bishops in Galatia

c. women causing problems in Philippi

d. Paul’s patrons

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 18

18. Philemon is different from the other undisputed letters because _____.

a. it is addressed to a church he did not found

b. it argues against an apocalyptic worldview

c. it argues that Gentiles must be circumcised

d. it is addressed to an individual

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 19

19. Onesimus was _____.

a. a missionary

b. a slave

c. one of Jesus’ disciples

d. a slaveholder

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 20

20. Paul wrote to Philemon from _____.

a. Philippi

b. Corinth

c. prison

d. Galatia

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 21

21. Which Pauline letters includes a Christ hymn?

a. Philemon

b. Philippians

c. Galatians

d. Romans

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 22

22. The name Onesimus means _____.

a. slave

b. useful

c. happy

d. single

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 23

23. Epaphras is reportedly a member of the church in _____.

a. Colossae

b. Thessalonica

c. Galatia

d. Philippi

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 24

24. Galatia is _____.

a. a capital city

b. a region located in what is modern-day Turkey

c. the residence of Philemon

d. Rome’s neighbor

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 25

25. According to tradition, Philemon is a leader of the church in _____.

a. Colossae

b. Rome

c. Philippi

d. Galatia

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 26

26. Paul’s letter to the Galatians is best characterized as _____.

a. friendly

b. justified

c. pro-circumcision

d. angry

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 27

27. In his letter to the Galatians, Paul claims that he and the Jerusalem apostles _____.

a. never met

b. disagreed on many points

c. agreed there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile before God

d. agreed that there authority was above Paul’s, given their relationship to Jesus

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 28

28. What is one likely reason for Paul’s relative lack of attention to social inequities?

a. his apocalyptic outlook

b. He noted other apostles were taking care of such issues.

c. the absence of such issues in the Gospels

d. His correspondence never offered occasions to deal with such issues.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 29

29. Paidagogos is the Greek term for _____.

a. blessing

b. disciplinarian

c. slavery

d. lawlessness

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 01

1. Why is Paul so angry with the Galatians? Why does Paul think their actions put them under God’s curse?

Feedback: Unlike almost all of Paul’s other letters, the letter to the Galatians does not begin with a thanksgiving. Paul’s letter to Galatia is a stinging reprimand of their behavior. After Paul left Galatia, a group of missionaries arrived who preached the necessity of following the Jewish Law. In direct opposition to Paul’s teachings, the men in the congregation accepted the rite of circumcision. According to Paul, these actions were not simply unnecessary; they were unacceptable. By participating in this Jewish rite, the Galatians displayed a lack of belief in the salvation offered by Jesus. Paul’s principle message was that the Galatians were erroneously seeking justification by the works of the Law instead of through belief in Christ.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 02

2. Discuss Paul’s teachings on the relationship between justification and the Law, specifically as it appears in Galatians.

Feedback: As a Jew, Paul believed that the Law was given by God and was good. The Law, though, could not justify a person. Only faith in Christ made a person right before God. The Law was a disciplinarian: It provided instruction until God’s promise was completed in Jesus.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 03

3. What are the overarching points of Paul’s letter to the Philippians?

Feedback: There are several key themes in Philippians. Paul emphasizes that those who follow Christ will suffer until he returns in judgment and stresses that all will be made right in the end. Another major focus is that of self-giving love for one another, especially expounded in the Christ Hymn of chapter 2, which recounts the actions of Christ as an model of humble obedience and service for all in the community to follow. Paul also emphasizes his own willingness—as well as that of Timothy and the Philippians’ own Epaphroditus—to be sacrificed for the sake of others, further highlighting this theme.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 04

4. What is the occasion and purpose of Paul’s letter to Philemon?

Feedback: The letter concerns a runaway slave, Onesimus, and his master, Philemon. Onesimus committed some act (perhaps resulting in financial loss) against Philemon and fled to Paul that Paul might mediate between the two parties. Paul converted Onesimus and wrote to Philemon to urge him to allow Onesimus to return, not as a slave, but as a brother. It may be, though, that Paul was not asking Philemon to manumit Onesimus but to give Onesimus to Paul for his own benefit.

Ask yourself the following three questions for the letters of Galatians, Philippians, and Philemon:

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 01

1. What is the occasion of the letter?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 02

2. What problems have arisen that Paul is trying to address in the letter (i.e., what is the context of each letter)?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 03

3. What does Paul say to resolve the problems (i.e., what are the overarching themes of each letter)?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 04

4. What has led to the conflict between Paul and his opponents in Galatia? What is the view of the Jewish law that he maps out for his converts in Galatia?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 05

5. How does Paul’s autobiographical reflection work in Galatians? What purpose does it serve?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 06

6. Describe the differences between Luke’s account of Paul’s conversion and meeting with the apostles and Paul’s account. From a thematic perspective, how can you account for these differences?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 07

7. Why do many scholars believe Philippians is a compilation of more than one letter?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 08

8. What suggests that Paul might have contemplated suicide in Philippians? How was suicide typically viewed in the ancient world?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 09

9. What does the letter to Philemon suggest about Paul’s position on slavery?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 10

10. What is the significance of the Christ hymn in Philippians?