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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Tiberius to Nero.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Herod paid a terrible price afterward. What was that price?
(a) The loss of his power.
(b) The death of Jesus.
(c) The murder of his wife and children, among other things.
(d) His own death.

2. The story of Christ's ascension spread across the world ____________.
(a) Slowly.
(b) Somewhat quickly.
(c) Quickly.
(d) Minimally.

3. Gaius was next Caesar and appointed who ruler of the Jews?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Agrippa.
(c) Agrippina.
(d) Antonius.

4. Philo became known as a great scholar during this time and lived where?
(a) In Alexandria.
(b) In Paris.
(c) In Rome.
(d) In Jerusalem.

5. Some claim that the two genealogies of Christ in ________________ have discrepancies.
(a) Matthew and Mark.
(b) Mark and John.
(c) Matthew and Luke.
(d) Luke and John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Philo could hold his own with anyone and was a great fan of who?

2. Under whose reign did famine come to the empire?

3. He ________________ various traditional Christian doctrines, that Christ is the son of God sent into the world to redeem mankind and so on.

4. Herod ordered Bethlehem destroyed, expecting what to happen?

5. Soon after Christ's death, ___________ was martyred, the first Christian to die for Christ.

(see the answer key)

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