Gospel of Mark Test: Study Guide
Gospel of Mark Test
Study Guide
1. Which Gospel was written first?
a. Mark
2. What is the Incarnation?
a. God in the person of Jesus become Man
b. Jesus “became flesh”
3. What is the Hypostatic Union?
a. Jesus is fully human and divine in Mark
4. What is Christology?
a. The theological study of Jesus
5. At what time was the Gospel of Mark written?
a. 65 CE
6. What does the word Gospel mean?
a. Good news
7. What is the audience of the Gospel of Mark?
a. Persecuted Roman Christians
8. What does exegesis mean?
a. To lead out
9. Which story does the Gospel of Mark begin with?
a. The baptism of Jesus
10. Mark’s Gospel presents Jesus primarily as who?
a. The suffering servant
11. Where was Jesus baptized?
a. Jordan river
12. Why was Jesus’ baptism important?
a. It revealed the Trinitarian nature of God
b. It was the beginning of his Public Ministry
c. It set an example for what others ought to do
13. Who are the first people called to be Jesus’ disciples what was their profession?
a. Peter, Andrew, James and John
b. They were all fishermen
14. What are the 4 types of miracles that Jesus performs?
a. Physical Healings
b. Control of Nature
c. Exorcism
d. Resurrection from the dead
15. Why did the Jewish people of the time think people got sick or bad things happen to them?
a. God was punishing them, or they deserved it because they sinned
16. What was the home base for Jesus’ public ministry?
a. Capernaum
17. Jesus often hangs out with and eats with whom?
a. Tax collectors
18. Which parable shows that we need to be receptive to God’s word?
a. Parable of the Sower
19. What is it called when Jesus removes and unclean spirit from someone?
a. Exorcism
20. What is the Messianic Secret?
a. Jesus didn’t want people to misunderstand what it meant for him to be the Messiah
21. Which King had John the Baptist executed?
a. Herod Antipas
22. Which miracle of Jesus appears in all 4 gospels?
a. Feeding of the 5 thousand
23. What is a “Denarii” or “denarius”?
a. A roman coin of sliver
24. What does the word Rabbi mean?
a. Jewish teacher
25. What does the feeding of the 5,000, point towards?
a. Foreshadowing of the last supper
26. In Mark 8 after the confession of Peter how does Jesus explain his Messianic mission?
a. He predicts his own death and resurrection.
27. What is the formal equivalence translation of the bible?
a. Revised Standard Version (RSV)
b. New American Bible (NAB)
c. New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
28. Before Jesus asked the rich man to sell his possessions, give them to the poor, and follow him, Jesus did what? In reference to the rich man himself.
a. He looked at him and he loved him
29. When Jesus enters Jerusalem he rides on a colt and people wave palm branches?
30. Who were the Pharisees?
a. Sect of Judaism cared primarily about interpreting and enforcing Jewish Law
31. Who are the Zealots?
a. Sect of Judaism that wanted to violently overthrow the Roman occupation
32. What does it look like when Jesus cleanses the temple?
a. Flips over the tables of the money changers
33. At the Last Supper, Jesus transforms the symbols of Passover into what we celebrate today during Catholic Mass called the Eucharist.
34. What is the greatest commandment that Jesus gives?
a. Love God and love your neighbor
35. When Jesus dies on the cross and says, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” Where does that come from?
a. This is Jesus quoting Psalm 22 likely leading them in the prayer
36. Who offers to bury Jesus in a tomb?
a. Joseph of Arimathea
37. The last chapter in Mark’s Gospel tells the story of Jesus’ what?
a. Resurrection of Jesus
b. Jesus sends the message of salvation through his apostles
c. Mary Magdalene discovers the resurrection of Jesus
38. Which English translation(s) of the bible is recommended for Exegesis?
a. Revised Standard Version (RSV)
b. New American Bible (NAB)
c. New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)