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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first pages are full of Old Testament exegesis intended to show what?
(a) That Christ was a man.
(b) That Christ died on a cross.
(c) That Christ is the messiah.
(d) That Christ existed.

2. Many writings were accepted as ______.
(a) False.
(b) Heresy.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Sacred.

3. Under whose reign did famine come to the empire?
(a) Titus.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Sejanus.
(d) Decius.

4. Apparently over ___________ Jews died, according to Eusebius all over the Roman Empire.
(a) One hundred thousand.
(b) One trillion.
(c) One billion.
(d) One million.

5. Simon apparently originated what?
(a) One heresy.
(b) Every sin.
(c) Every heresy.
(d) The Eucharist.

6. In a war when Aurelius's men were parched, the Melitene Legion, who were Christians, prayed for what and God answered them?
(a) Rain.
(b) Snow.
(c) Shade.
(d) Sun.

7. 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 Psalms.
(c) The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Ruth.
(d) The Gospel of Luke and the Song of Songs.

8. Bishop Soter was followed by ____________.
(a) Felice Leonardo.
(b) Loris Francesco Capovilla.
(c) Giovanni D'Ascenzi.
(d) Eleutherus.

9. Who was the Bishop of Rome following Paul and Peter?
(a) Schroeder.
(b) Snoopy.
(c) Lisinius.
(d) Linus.

10. Could these Christians raise the dead through prayer as the apostles did?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Rarely.

11. The Roman senate considered recognizing Jesus as what?
(a) A criminal.
(b) A sinner.
(c) An angel.
(d) A god.

12. Bishop Theophilus of Antioch wrote _________ rudimentary treatises.
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

13. Eusebius will demonstrate both the divine and ______________ features of Christian origins.
(a) Unique.
(b) Odd.
(c) Human.
(d) Ancient.

14. Herod, as many know, heard of Christ's birth from whom and sought to have him killed?
(a) The three wise men.
(b) God.
(c) The angel Gabriel.
(d) The shepherds.

15. Everyone who sought to have Christ killed eventually __________.
(a) Died.
(b) Pleaded guilty.
(c) Repented.
(d) Was victorious.

Short Answer Questions

1. The seventeenth year of the reign of Antoninus Verus, or Marcus Aurelius, was in A.D. _______.

2. The Alexandria Church had a strong tradition of what?

3. Primus, the fourth from the apostles, became the Bishop of ______________, twelve years into Trajan's reign.

4. At the start of the first chapter, Eusebius discloses what?

5. Against whom had the Jews devised various plots?

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