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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group actively protested Roman rule?

2. What group was not considered to be Arian?

3. What was the name of the king's son?

4. What Emperor had Christian writings destroyed?

5. Who was this follower's main rival?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which author produced one of the first genuine Grail romances? When was it produced?

2. Give two examples of controversial text included in the Gnostic writings.

3. Who were the Essenes and how were they tied to the crucifixion?

4. Explain some of the items that were found in Childric I's tomb.

5. What was one of the most important reasons Jesus' life was edited in the scriptures?

6. Briefly describe the origin of the Merovingian dynasty.

7. What does the Bible have to say about the tribes of Israel?

8. Who were the Arians? What was this group's point of view?

9. When Plantard was finally located, what condition did he place on information regarding the Priory?

10. Who was Abbe Ducaud-Bourget? What was the Abbe's relationship to the Pope?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the difficulties involved with authorship of the Secret Dossiers and various pieces of genealogy. Explain what historians and researchers were able to substantiate and what was left to theory. How did each affect the search for the Holy Grail?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the dissolution of the Knights Templar. Compare it to the dissolution of the Priory of Scion. Could either still exist? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the Priory of Scion to the Roman Catholic Church in the 12th and 13th centuries.

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