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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Light to the Gentiles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Trick non-believers into thinking Jesus' was the Messiah.
(d) Purported to explain facets of his life in the context of the beliefs of his followers.

2. To rationalize the shock of his death by crucifixion, his followers subscribed to the belief that ________.
(a) He had risen from death to immortality and that he had been, indeed, the promised Messiah.
(b) He is seated at the right hand of the Father.
(c) He had died peacefully.
(d) He had not died.

3. Whose preaching resulted in the belief that the newly emerging religion could and should be embraced by the Gentiles?
(a) St. Peter's.
(b) St. Thomas Aquinas's.
(c) St. Simon's.
(d) St. Paul's.

4. After the synod, confusion still reigned in the Christian church with a competing philosophy developing at ________.
(a) Constantinople.
(b) Nicaea.
(c) Cappadocia.
(d) Nice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was considered blasphemous by Jews and later by Muslims?

2. The Romans, initially regarded Christianity as _____________.

3. A consequence of God being presumed to exist as a separate external entity is that he assumes the attributes of _______________.

4. It was after his execution as a common criminal that Jesus' followers decided _____________.

5. By resolving the question of whether Jesus was human or divine, Christians inevitably had to conclude that _______.

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