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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Christianity was a religion of __________.
(a) The wealthy.
(b) Slaves and lower caste people.
(c) Romans.
(d) Europeans.

3. What had happened by 235 CE?
(a) The Christian church had become one of the most important religions in the Roman Empire and a bastion of stability.
(b) The Christian church had been banned from the Roman Empire.
(c) The Christian church had spread to the Americas.
(d) The power of the Christian church had ended.

4. In 312 CE, the emperor Constantine _____________.
(a) Attended his first mass.
(b) Threatened to have the Christians exiled.
(c) Tortured Christians.
(d) Converted to Christianity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The early followers of Jesus prayed _____________.

2. The Romans, initially regarded Christianity as _____________.

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

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

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

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