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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many educated non-Christians were becoming impressed by ____________.
(a) The welfare system initiated by the Christian church and the compassion and mutual respect that Christians showed each other.
(b) The intelligence of Christian leaders.
(c) The power of the Christian church.
(d) The wealth of the Christian church.

2. It was after his execution as a common criminal that Jesus' followers decided _____________.
(a) That he should not have died.
(b) That he was divine.
(c) That he was not the Son of God.
(d) That he was only a man.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Christianity became the state religion of ___________.

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

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

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

5. In 312 CE, the emperor Constantine _____________.

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