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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Trinity: The Christian God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many educated non-Christians were becoming impressed by ____________.
(a) The wealth of the Christian church.
(b) The power of the Christian church.
(c) The welfare system initiated by the Christian church and the compassion and mutual respect that Christians showed each other.
(d) The intelligence of Christian leaders.

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

3. What story did Muhammad learn from another cultural group?
(a) The story of Cain and Abel.
(b) The story of Joseph, Jacob's favorite son.
(c) The story of Noah and the Ark.
(d) The story of Ishmael, Abraham's eldest son, who had participated in the foundation of the Kabah.

4. Possibly under the influence of the collapsing Roman Empire and the consequent beginning of an epoch of chaos, what ideas did Augustine develop?
(a) The Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer.
(b) Jesus Christ as the Son of God and God as the Father.
(c) Original sin and the separation of humankind from the perfect God along with the necessity for atonement for sin.
(d) God as the protector of the Israelites and the Gentiles.

5. What did this message lead to?
(a) A rift with the Sunnis in Mecca.
(b) A rift with the Quraysh in Mecca.
(c) An agreement with the Faylasufs.
(d) An agreement with the Quraysh in Mecca.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became clear to Muhammad regarding the majority of Jews in Medina?

2. Prior to Augustine's conversion to Christianity, he had repulsed any idea of __________.

3. In this chapter Karen Armstrong deals with the dramatic rise of a charismatic faith healer in North Palestine. Who is this man?

4. What happened almost immediately to the newly established Christian Church in the Roman Empire?

5. What two philosophers had competing ideas regarding the nature of the Christian God?

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