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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Diocletian to Maximian.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tiberius died after _____________ years in power in 37 A.D.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Fifteen.

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

3. What event closes the chapter?
(a) Soter is made Bishop of Rome.
(b) Soter is found to be a heretic.
(c) Soter, the Bishop of Rome dies.
(d) Soter, the Bishop of Rome is imprisoned.

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

5. Even in the twelfth generation, believers still exercised what?
(a) Miraculous powers.
(b) The ability to see God.
(c) Faith.
(d) The ability to raise the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. He notes that many of the Apostles were ______________, such as Peter and Philip.

2. In a third letter to Philemon, Dionysius wrote about what?

3. Hegesippus was prominent in fighting what?

4. According to Eusebius, did human initiative bring this change about?

5. The first pages are full of Old Testament exegesis intended to show what?

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