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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. The emergence of the cult of Jesus from the established church of Judaism was accompanied by passionate dispute, and many disciples of Jesus ____________.
(a) Lost faith in religion.
(b) Left the Jewish faith.
(c) Started their own religion.
(d) Remained within the conventional Jewish faith.

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

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

4. Other religious traditions such as the Buddhist tradition insist that the Absolute is ______________.
(a) A human being.
(b) An intrinsic part of human nature.
(c) Non-existent.
(d) A separate entity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The early followers of Jesus prayed _____________.

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

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

4. Is any further development of revelation possible in Christianity?

5. What was the belief in question?

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