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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Trajan to Marcus Aurelius.

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) Socrates.
(d) Philo.

2. First, Eusebius discusses how the apostles lived when?
(a) After the Last Supper.
(b) After Christ's ascension.
(c) Before Christ's ascension.
(d) After Christ's crucifixion.

3. Simon the _________ came to Rome during this time and led many people astray; people claimed he could work magic and was regarded as a god.
(a) Magi.
(b) Strong.
(c) Great.
(d) Magus.

4. Polycarp died a martyr and his martyrdom was unusually powerful. He was burned alive but for a time ________________.
(a) Sang to God.
(b) Prayed out loud.
(c) Burned.
(d) Resisted the fire and glowed from it.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Primus, the fourth from the apostles, became the Bishop of ______________, twelve years into Trajan's reign.

3. Everyone who sought to have Christ killed eventually __________.

4. Eusebius will demonstrate both the divine and ______________ features of Christian origins.

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

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