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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Syrian governor?
(a) Aemilius Scaurus.
(b) Marcius Philippus.
(c) Quirinius.
(d) Gabinius.

2. Eusebius then describes the heresies of ____________, the successor to Simon the Magus, the heresies of Cerinthus, and Nicolaus from the Ebionite Sect.
(a) Menander the impossible.
(b) Menander the impostor.
(c) Neanderthall the probable.
(d) Nederlander the invincible.

3. Bishop Theophilus of Antioch wrote _________ rudimentary treatises.
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

4. Philo could hold his own with anyone and was a great fan of who?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Da Vinci.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

5. Julian became Archbishop of ___________ following Agrippinus.
(a) Aigaleo.
(b) Athens.
(c) Alexandroupoli.
(d) Alexandria.

6. Cerdo introduced the ___________ heresy.
(a) Marcionite.
(b) Gnostics.
(c) Valentinus.
(d) Montanus.

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

8. Under whose reign did famine come to the empire?
(a) Decius.
(b) Titus.
(c) Sejanus.
(d) Claudius.

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

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

11. Who did Josephus seek to write a whole history of?
(a) The Hindu people.
(b) The Christian people.
(c) The Jewish people.
(d) The Muslim people.

12. Who was the Bishop of Rome following Paul and Peter?
(a) Lisinius.
(b) Schroeder.
(c) Snoopy.
(d) Linus.

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

14. The author does not believe these discrepancies because one genealogy traces Christ's lineage by _________ and the other by nature.
(a) God.
(b) Man.
(c) Family.
(d) Law.

15. Who did Vespasian try to wipe out?
(a) All Roman rulers.
(b) The Roman people.
(c) The entire Davidic line.
(d) The entire Jewish population.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who still persecuted the Church and the disciples of Jesus had been dispersed?

2. Even in the twelfth generation, believers still exercised what?

3. Could these Christians raise the dead through prayer as the apostles did?

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

5. Christ's doctrine contains nothing _______________ and neither does his religion.

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