Title: Chapter 06: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: The Gospel according to Mark
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: What two themes, introduced in the opening verse, guide the rhetorical argument for the rest of the Gospel of Mark?
- Jesus is the Christ/Messiah and Jesus is the Son of God (Jesus is the Christ/Messiah and Jesus is the Son of God)

Q: What are two ways that Mark’s first-century readers may have initially interpreted the title “Son of God” based upon their cultures?
- a legendary figure who was the biological descendant of a human and a god or God’s favored servants, such as Israel’s kings (a legendary figure who was the biological descendant of a human and a god or God’s favored servants, such as Israel’s kings)

Q: What is the “messianic secret”?
- Jesus’s impulse to keep his identity a secret until after the resurrection, which is found most prominently in Mark’s Gospel (Jesus’s impulse to keep his identity a secret until after the resurrection, which is found most prominently in Mark’s Gospel)

Q: From a textual standpoint, what is notable about the final verses of the book of Mark?
- the earliest manuscripts of Mark do not include 16:9–20; these verses were probably later additions and apparently derive from Matthew, Luke, John, and Acts (the earliest manuscripts of Mark do not include 16:9–20; these verses were probably later additions and apparently derive from Matthew, Luke, John, and Acts)

Q: In the Gospel of Mark, what is the final status of the disciples after the resurrection?
- they flee in fear and tell no one about the resurrection (they flee in fear and tell no one about the resurrection)