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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Severus to Decius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marcus Aurelius reigned for how many years?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Seventeen.

2. Origen took up instructing the Church in Alexandria but engaged in the shocking act of ____________ and tried to hide it.
(a) Castrating himself.
(b) Torturing.
(c) Cutting.
(d) Poisoning.

3. Maximin Caesar followed Alexander as Roman Emperor ___________ years after he came to power.
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Twenty-three.

4. The Jews were ruthlessly persecuted by who?
(a) Tiberius.
(b) Gaius.
(c) Augustus.
(d) Verus.

5. Justin the Philosopher was martyred in Rome due to ____________ who devised a plot against him.
(a) The Cynic Crescens.
(b) The Cynic Thessalonica.
(c) The Cynic Mainz.
(d) The Cynic Timothy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many writings were accepted as ______.

2. He discovered that ____________ had preached in India and that some had copies of the Scriptures.

3. He notes that many of the Apostles were ______________, such as Peter and Philip.

4. Who persecuted the Church in his time, which produced further "glorious" martyrdoms?

5. Hadrian prevented Christians from what?

(see the answer key)

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