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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. 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) Philo.
(d) Socrates.

2. Soon after Christ's death, ___________ was martyred, the first Christian to die for Christ.
(a) St. Francis.
(b) St. Stephen.
(c) St. John.
(d) St. Joseph.

3. Christ's doctrine contains nothing _______________ and neither does his religion.
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Novel or strange.
(c) Special.
(d) Unique.

4. Eusebius affirms the authorship of the Gospels and argues that the writers were _____________________.
(a) Angels.
(b) Either eyewitnesses or associates with eyewitnesses.
(c) All Apostles.
(d) Jesus' family members.

5. What did Paul's preaching to the Gentiles lay the foundations for?
(a) The churches inside Rome.
(b) The churches outside Rome.
(c) The churches outside Jerusalem.
(d) The churches inside Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Syrian governor?

2. The Roman senate considered recognizing Jesus as what?

3. Christ was recorded in the census of Augustus's _______________ year as Caesar, twenty-eight years after the conquest of Egypt and the death of Antony and Cleopatra.

4. Herod at the time was the first _____________ of the Jewish people, which fulfills a Mosaic prophesy.

5. Against whom had the Jews devised various plots?

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