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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eusebius discusses the martyrs of the day and reproduces Maximin's rescript justifying what?
(a) His purpose as a ruler.
(b) His Christian beliefs.
(c) His change in ideas.
(d) His persecution of Christians.

2. When did things change for the better?
(a) At the end of the tenth year.
(b) At the end of the fifteenth year.
(c) At the beginning of the tenth year.
(d) In the middle of the tenth year.

3. Constantine felt __________ the Christians and took up arms against Maxentius.
(a) Anger against.
(b) Worry for.
(c) Pity for.
(d) Unsure about.

4. Eusebius ends the chapter in an appendix discussing ____________.
(a) These Christian soldiers.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) The Emperor.

5. What does the ordinance do?
(a) It protects Christians from persecution.
(b) It protects the Bible and all churches.
(c) It begins the Crusades.
(d) It begins persecution of non-Christians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Narcissus is thought to have wrought many __________.

2. The Roman Empire endured dissension among ___________.

3. Eusebius covers Dionysius's views on what festival?

4. Origen aimed to translate what?

5. Maxentius ordered the Christian persecutions to _______ when he was Emperor.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who supported Origen, his mother, and siblings?

2. Why did Dionysius write a letter to Stephen?

3. Describe the rule of Maximin and Maxentius.

4. How was peace restored?

5. What happened when Valerian and his son Gallienus took over the Roman government?

6. What did Constantine and his son, Crispus, do?

7. What caused the persecutions to begin again?

8. What happened to Decius and his sons?

9. What does Eusebius say about Paul of Samosata?

10. What happened when persecutions ended?

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