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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In this chapter Karen Armstrong deals with the dramatic rise of a charismatic faith healer in North Palestine. Who is this man?
(a) Muhammad.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Moses.
(d) Jesus.

5. The earliest account of this man's life is found ____________.
(a) In the Gospel of St. Matthew.
(b) In the Gospel of St. Luke.
(c) In the Gospel of St Mark.
(d) In the Gospel of St. John.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had happened by 235 CE?

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

3. Does the expression "Son of God" bear the same connotation in Hebrew as it does in Greek?

4. Whose preaching resulted in the belief that the newly emerging religion could and should be embraced by the Gentiles?

5. Christianity was a religion of __________.

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