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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had happened by 235 CE?
(a) The Christian church had become one of the most important religions in the Roman Empire and a bastion of stability.
(b) The Christian church had been banned from the Roman Empire.
(c) The Christian church had spread to the Americas.
(d) The power of the Christian church had ended.

2. In this chapter Karen Armstrong deals with the dramatic rise of a charismatic faith healer in North Palestine. Who is this man?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Moses.

3. Where did the newly founded religion of Christianity spread quickly?
(a) In the middle east.
(b) In Europe.
(c) Places in the Eastern Mediterranean where the Jews of the diaspora had settled.
(d) In Spain.

4. When was this account written?
(a) Ten years after Jesus' death.
(b) Eighty years after Jesus' death.
(c) One hundred years after Jesus' death.
(d) Forty years after Jesus' death.

5. The Romans, initially regarded Christianity as _____________.
(a) An odd phenomenon.
(b) A large threat.
(c) A religion of which to become a member.
(d) Just one more god and religion, which they allowed to exist alongside their own gods and beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. To rationalize the shock of his death by crucifixion, his followers subscribed to the belief that ________.

2. In 312 CE, the emperor Constantine _____________.

3. Whose preaching resulted in the belief that the newly emerging religion could and should be embraced by the Gentiles?

4. It was after his execution as a common criminal that Jesus' followers decided _____________.

5. The earliest account of this man's life is found ____________.

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