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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. What was considered blasphemous by Jews and later by Muslims?
(a) The Ark of the Covenant.
(b) The Trinity.
(c) God the Father.
(d) Manifest Destiny.

2. 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) Moses.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Jesus.

3. The concept of a Divine Trinity is largely the result of the teachings of ____________.
(a) Augustine.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Paul.
(d) John.

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

5. According to Karen Armstrong's research, did this man claim to be God?
(a) Only at first.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Sometimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 312 CE, the emperor Constantine _____________.

2. What was the belief in question?

3. Where did the newly founded religion of Christianity spread quickly?

4. What happened almost immediately to the newly established Christian Church in the Roman Empire?

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

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