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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A God for Reformers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two philosophers had competing ideas regarding the nature of the Christian God?
(a) Aquinas and Augustine.
(b) Arius and Aquinas.
(c) Arius and Anathasius.
(d) Augustine and Aurelius.

2. Thomas Aquinas made a lasting contribution to Western Christianity by trying to synthesize ____________.
(a) Greek and Buddhist philosophy.
(b) Muslim and Greek philosophy.
(c) Augustine and Muslim philosophy.
(d) Augustine and Greek philosophy.

3. What happened almost immediately to the newly established Christian Church in the Roman Empire?
(a) It unified.
(b) It was split by a fierce controversy.
(c) It spread.
(d) It ended.

4. Some scholars suggest that the decline of Muslim science marked the beginning of ____________.
(a) A resurgence in Islam.
(b) Decadence in Islam.
(c) Conservatism in Islam.
(d) The decline of Islam.

5. The focal point for the new spirituality was in the town of ____________.
(a) Medina.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Mecca.
(d) Safed in Galilee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Darwin's ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES seemed to ____________.

2. Kabbalists used _______________ between the essence of God and the God who is revealed by the reality of creation.

3. Who was the German philosopher who propounded the liberal ideas of the Enlightenment and paved the way for Judaism to enter the arena of modern Europe?

4. What is a spiritual longing for the redemption of Israel as foretold by the ancient prophets?

5. The emergence of the cult of Jesus from the established church of Judaism was accompanied by passionate dispute, and many disciples of Jesus ____________.

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