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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A counter movement came into being when the Shiis declared ____________.
(a) God did not exist.
(b) War on the Faylasufs.
(c) God's presence on earth was embodied in some mysterious way by their Imams.
(d) God's presence on earth was in the form of a man named Jesus.

2. The early followers of Jesus prayed _____________.
(a) They did not pray.
(b) In the temple alongside other Jews.
(c) In their own temples.
(d) In their homes.

3. Thomas Aquinas made a lasting contribution to Western Christianity by trying to synthesize ____________.
(a) Muslim and Greek philosophy.
(b) Greek and Buddhist philosophy.
(c) Augustine and Greek philosophy.
(d) Augustine and Muslim philosophy.

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

5. This city is located in what is now the Western province of ____________.
(a) Israel.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Iran.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

6. What was the belief in question?
(a) Whether man needed God.
(b) Whether or not Jesus was a human person or part of the godhead.
(c) Whether God existed.
(d) Whether creation took seven days.

7. The question that was resolved at a synod was called by the Emperor Constantine at __________.
(a) Nice.
(b) Constantinople.
(c) Istanbul.
(d) Nicaea.

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

9. The ___________ Empire in the ninth century, Greek science and philosophy exerted a strong influence on Arab culture.
(a) Abbasid.
(b) Babylonian.
(c) Roman.
(d) Persian.

10. Where did the newly founded religion of Christianity spread quickly?
(a) Places in the Eastern Mediterranean where the Jews of the diaspora had settled.
(b) In the middle east.
(c) In Spain.
(d) In Europe.

11. What did this message lead to?
(a) An agreement with the Faylasufs.
(b) A rift with the Quraysh in Mecca.
(c) A rift with the Sunnis in Mecca.
(d) An agreement with the Quraysh in Mecca.

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

13. During the twelfth century, European scholars had flocked to Spain to study ____________.
(a) Buddhist theology.
(b) Muslim theology.
(c) Christian theology.
(d) Jewish theology.

14. Possibly under the influence of the collapsing Roman Empire and the consequent beginning of an epoch of chaos, what ideas did Augustine develop?
(a) Original sin and the separation of humankind from the perfect God along with the necessity for atonement for sin.
(b) Jesus Christ as the Son of God and God as the Father.
(c) God as the protector of the Israelites and the Gentiles.
(d) The Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer.

15. Is any further development of revelation possible in Christianity?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Rarely.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 312 CE, the emperor Constantine _____________.

2. Why are theories and philosophies not designed to convince unbelievers?

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

4. When was this account written?

5. According to Karen Armstrong's research, did this man claim to be God?

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