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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Bardaisan the Syrian doubt?
(a) The death of Christ.
(b) The resurrection of the body.
(c) The three days between Christ's death and resurrection.
(d) Christ as a man.

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

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

6. Who else also left behind a defense of the faith?
(a) Geminus.
(b) Aristedes.
(c) Hippasus.
(d) Theudius.

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

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

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

10. During this time, the lineage of the Jerusalem _______________ was rediscovered.
(a) Presbyters.
(b) Deacons.
(c) Bishopric.
(d) Episcopacy.

11. Alcibiades lived in extreme poverty. What did he do later?
(a) Convinced others to join him.
(b) Regretted this decision.
(c) Gave this up.
(d) Died from illness.

12. Many writings were accepted as ______.
(a) Sacred.
(b) Heresy.
(c) False.
(d) Foolish.

13. Luke was Paul's companion during this time and wrote both _________________.
(a) The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Psalms.
(b) The Gospel of Luke and the Song of Songs.
(c) The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Ruth.
(d) The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts.

14. Bishop Soter was followed by ____________.
(a) Giovanni D'Ascenzi.
(b) Felice Leonardo.
(c) Eleutherus.
(d) Loris Francesco Capovilla.

15. Justin the Philosopher was martyred in Rome due to ____________ who devised a plot against him.
(a) The Cynic Thessalonica.
(b) The Cynic Timothy.
(c) The Cynic Mainz.
(d) The Cynic Crescens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Philo could hold his own with anyone and was a great fan of who?

3. Who did Josephus seek to write a whole history of?

4. The Jews fought under _______, a bloodthirsty bandit, against their rulers.

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

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