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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Romans, initially regarded Christianity as _____________.
(a) A large threat.
(b) A religion of which to become a member.
(c) Just one more god and religion, which they allowed to exist alongside their own gods and beliefs.
(d) An odd phenomenon.

2. Where did the newly founded religion of Christianity spread quickly?
(a) In Europe.
(b) In the middle east.
(c) In Spain.
(d) Places in the Eastern Mediterranean where the Jews of the diaspora had settled.

3. When was this account written?
(a) Ten years after Jesus' death.
(b) Eighty years after Jesus' death.
(c) Forty years after Jesus' death.
(d) One hundred years after Jesus' death.

4. Christianity became the state religion of ___________.
(a) The Persian Empire.
(b) The Roman Empire.
(c) Spain.
(d) The Ottoman Empire.

5. Even by that time the historical facts were being overlaid with mythical elements, which did ___________.
(a) Spread the beliefs of a mad man.
(b) Give Jesus' disciples power over others.
(c) Purported to explain facets of his life in the context of the beliefs of his followers.
(d) Trick non-believers into thinking Jesus' was the Messiah.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this chapter Karen Armstrong deals with the dramatic rise of a charismatic faith healer in North Palestine. Who is this man?

2. The earliest account of this man's life is found ____________.

3. Many educated non-Christians were becoming impressed by ____________.

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

5. To rationalize the shock of his death by crucifixion, his followers subscribed to the belief that ________.

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