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

2. 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) Give Jesus' disciples power over others.
(c) Trick non-believers into thinking Jesus' was the Messiah.
(d) Spread the beliefs of a mad man.

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

4. This competing philosophy formed the basis of the theology of __________.
(a) The Lutheran Church.
(b) The Mormon Church.
(c) The Eastern Orthodox Church.
(d) The Roman Catholic Church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Possibly under the influence of the collapsing Roman Empire and the consequent beginning of an epoch of chaos, what ideas did Augustine develop?

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

3. What was a consequence of the doctrine of Incarnation?

4. Once "God" is presumed to exist as a separate external entity, humans can _____________.

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

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