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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened almost immediately to the newly established Christian Church in the Roman Empire?
(a) It was split by a fierce controversy.
(b) It ended.
(c) It unified.
(d) It spread.

2. Is any further development of revelation possible in Christianity?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Yes.
(c) Rarely.
(d) No.

3. By resolving the question of whether Jesus was human or divine, Christians inevitably had to conclude that _______.
(a) Jesus was the first and last Word of God.
(b) Jesus was not of our world.
(c) Jesus was the first Word of God.
(d) Jesus was the last Word of God.

4. In the west the Christian form of mysticism rested not on imagery, but on ____________.
(a) Dancing and singing.
(b) Speaking in tongues.
(c) The silent, inward experience, where the contemplative had to pass beyond language and the conscious mind.
(d) Constant prayer and recitation of Scripture.

5. Possibly under the influence of the collapsing Roman Empire and the consequent beginning of an epoch of chaos, what ideas did Augustine develop?
(a) The Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer.
(b) Jesus Christ as the Son of God and God as the Father.
(c) Original sin and the separation of humankind from the perfect God along with the necessity for atonement for sin.
(d) God as the protector of the Israelites and the Gentiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are becoming more and more prevalent in Europe today?

2. The history of the emergence of the Judaic scriptures can be interpreted as ____________.

3. The concept of a Divine Trinity is largely the result of the teachings of ____________.

4. What is an inherent danger in a personal God?

5. The original intention of the Zionists was to do ____________.

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