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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.
(a) Twenty-second.
(b) Fifty-second.
(c) Forty-second.
(d) Thirty-second.

2. Persecution of the Church flared up and many martyrs _________.
(a) "Died alone."
(b) "Came to their glory."
(c) "Glorified the Lord."
(d) "Sold their souls."

3. Primus, the fourth from the apostles, became the Bishop of ______________, twelve years into Trajan's reign.
(a) Madrid.
(b) Rome.
(c) Athens.
(d) Alexandria.

4. Mark is thought to have established the Church where?
(a) In Alexandria.
(b) In Jerusalem.
(c) In Rome.
(d) In Athens.

5. Where did Peter end his days as did Paul?
(a) In Alexandria.
(b) In Rome.
(c) In Athens.
(d) In Paris.

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

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

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

9. Where did Bardaisan the Syrian fight heretics?
(a) In Egypt.
(b) In Mesopotamia.
(c) In Greece.
(d) In Hungary.

10. Mark follows Eumenes as what?
(a) Bishop of Athens.
(b) Bishop of Cairo.
(c) Bishop of Alexandria.
(d) Bishop of Rome.

11. He discovered that ____________ had preached in India and that some had copies of the Scriptures.
(a) Bartholemew.
(b) Luke.
(c) Timothy.
(d) Mark.

12. Irenaeus wrote a commentary on what that Eusebius covers?
(a) The New Testament.
(b) The Holy Scriptures.
(c) The Quran.
(d) The Old Testament.

13. Hadrian prevented Christians from what?
(a) Marrying outside of the faith.
(b) Being put on trial.
(c) Basic rights.
(d) Being executed without trial.

14. In a war when Aurelius's men were parched, the Melitene Legion, who were Christians, prayed for what and God answered them?
(a) Sun.
(b) Snow.
(c) Shade.
(d) Rain.

15. Marcus Aurelius reigned for how many years?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Seventeen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paul wrote ___________ epistles, although some rejected Hebrews due to the testimony of the Roman Church.

2. Who was the Bishop of Rome following Paul and Peter?

3. Whose capital cities are Lyons and Vienne on the Rhone?

4. In Hardian's _____________ year of ruling, the war came to a head and the Jews were forced into Diaspora.

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

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