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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Vespasian to Trajan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Vespasian try to wipe out?
(a) The entire Jewish population.
(b) The Roman people.
(c) The entire Davidic line.
(d) All Roman rulers.

2. In Book 2, Eusebius has compiled the works of Clement, Tertullian, Josephus and __________ to tell a story about the time between Tiberius and Nero Caesar, which covers the period from the appointment of Matthias to replace Judas to the deaths of Peter and Paul.
(a) Nero.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Philo.

3. Herod, as many know, heard of Christ's birth from whom and sought to have him killed?
(a) The shepherds.
(b) The angel Gabriel.
(c) The three wise men.
(d) God.

4. Who still persecuted the Church and the disciples of Jesus had been dispersed?
(a) Paul.
(b) Bartholemew.
(c) Peter.
(d) Simon.

5. Herod at the time was the first _____________ of the Jewish people, which fulfills a Mosaic prophesy.
(a) Foreign king.
(b) Leader.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Jewish king.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eusebius claims that only Peter's ________ epistle is undoubtedly genuine.

2. Who was the Syrian governor?

3. Against whom had the Jews devised various plots?

4. He cites Christ's greatness and claims _____________________ points towards this.

5. Eusebius then describes the heresies of ____________, the successor to Simon the Magus, the heresies of Cerinthus, and Nicolaus from the Ebionite Sect.

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