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

2. By resolving the question of whether Jesus was human or divine, Christians inevitably had to conclude that _______.
(a) Jesus was the first and last Word of God.
(b) Jesus was the first Word of God.
(c) Jesus was not of our world.
(d) Jesus was the last Word of God.

3. Prior to Augustine's conversion to Christianity, he had repulsed any idea of __________.
(a) Patience.
(b) Charity.
(c) Chastity.
(d) Purity.

4. Christianity became the state religion of ___________.
(a) The Persian Empire.
(b) The Roman Empire.
(c) The Ottoman Empire.
(d) Spain.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The question that was resolved at a synod was called by the Emperor Constantine at __________.

3. What was the belief in question?

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

5. Whose preaching resulted in the belief that the newly emerging religion could and should be embraced by the Gentiles?

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