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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Herod ordered Bethlehem destroyed, expecting what to happen?
(a) Jesus to be surrendered to him.
(b) God to protect him.
(c) Jesus to be killed.
(d) Jesus to be captured.

2. The Church entered a new stage when who became Paul?
(a) Saul.
(b) Peter.
(c) John.
(d) Thomas.

3. Who else also left behind a defense of the faith?
(a) Aristedes.
(b) Hippasus.
(c) Geminus.
(d) Theudius.

4. Eusebius affirms the authorship of the Gospels and argues that the writers were _____________________.
(a) Angels.
(b) Jesus' family members.
(c) All Apostles.
(d) Either eyewitnesses or associates with eyewitnesses.

5. Luke was Paul's companion during this time and wrote both _________________.
(a) The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts.
(b) The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Ruth.
(c) The Gospel of Luke and the Song of Songs.
(d) The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Psalms.

6. Who did Josephus seek to write a whole history of?
(a) The Muslim people.
(b) The Hindu people.
(c) The Jewish people.
(d) The Christian people.

7. Mark follows Eumenes as what?
(a) Bishop of Rome.
(b) Bishop of Alexandria.
(c) Bishop of Athens.
(d) Bishop of Cairo.

8. The Jews fought under _______, a bloodthirsty bandit, against their rulers.
(a) Bar Cochba.
(b) Nittai of Arbela.
(c) Avtalyon.
(d) Jose ben Joezer.

9. Whose capital cities are Lyons and Vienne on the Rhone?
(a) England.
(b) Gaul.
(c) Germany.
(d) Sweden.

10. Some claim that the two genealogies of Christ in ________________ have discrepancies.
(a) Luke and John.
(b) Mark and John.
(c) Matthew and Luke.
(d) Matthew and Mark.

11. What did Paul's preaching to the Gentiles lay the foundations for?
(a) The churches outside Jerusalem.
(b) The churches inside Rome.
(c) The churches outside Rome.
(d) The churches inside Jerusalem.

12. First, Eusebius discusses how the apostles lived when?
(a) Before Christ's ascension.
(b) After Christ's ascension.
(c) After the Last Supper.
(d) After Christ's crucifixion.

13. Herod at the time was the first _____________ of the Jewish people, which fulfills a Mosaic prophesy.
(a) Foreign king.
(b) Jewish king.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Leader.

14. The story of Christ's ascension spread across the world ____________.
(a) Minimally.
(b) Somewhat quickly.
(c) Quickly.
(d) Slowly.

15. Irenaeus wrote a commentary on what that Eusebius covers?
(a) The Holy Scriptures.
(b) The Quran.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) The New Testament.

Short Answer Questions

1. Could these Christians raise the dead through prayer as the apostles did?

2. Polycarp died a martyr and his martyrdom was unusually powerful. He was burned alive but for a time ________________.

3. Eusebius then describes the heresies of ____________, the successor to Simon the Magus, the heresies of Cerinthus, and Nicolaus from the Ebionite Sect.

4. Paul wrote ___________ epistles, although some rejected Hebrews due to the testimony of the Roman Church.

5. He ________________ various traditional Christian doctrines, that Christ is the son of God sent into the world to redeem mankind and so on.

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