Title: Chapter 07: Multiple Choice Questions: The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: How do many ancient authors characterize the socioeconomic situation in Corinth during the first and second centuries CE?
- an unusual amount of equality between the classes
- a deeply impoverished city
- a great divide between rich and poor
- an overwhelmingly wealthy seaport
A: a great divide between rich and poor

Q: What date do many scholars propose as the likely date of 1 Corinthians?
- 50–51 CE
- 55–56 CE
- 60–61 CE
- 65–66 CE
A: 55–56 CE

Q: What guides Paul’s advice on whether the Corinthian Christians should stay single or get married?
- Jewish cultural norms
- traditional Greco-Roman virtues with which the Corinthians would have been familiar
- the expectation that Jesus would return quickly
- all of the above
A: the expectation that Jesus would return quickly

Q: Which of the following is NOT one of the disturbances in worship that Paul addresses in 1 Corinthians?
- the insistence of Jewish Christians that traditional Jewish rites be observed by Gentile Christians
- the physical appearance of the women who were praying and prophesying
- the practice of the Lord’s Supper by the Corinthian Christians
- the improper use of spiritual gifts within the church
A: the insistence of Jewish Christians that traditional Jewish rites be observed by Gentile Christians

Q: Which key tenet of the gospel did some of the Corinthian Christians reject, prompting Paul to devote a significant portion of his letter to this issue?
- the incarnation of Christ
- Christ’s death on the cross
- the resurrection of the body
- Christ’s Second Coming
A: the resurrection of the body