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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Jesus.
(b) Philo.
(c) Nero.
(d) Socrates.

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

4. He ________________ various traditional Christian doctrines, that Christ is the son of God sent into the world to redeem mankind and so on.
(a) Ignores.
(b) Questions.
(c) Affirms.
(d) Disproves.

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

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

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

8. Whose capital cities are Lyons and Vienne on the Rhone?
(a) Gaul.
(b) Sweden.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

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

10. Who still persecuted the Church and the disciples of Jesus had been dispersed?
(a) Bartholemew.
(b) Paul.
(c) Peter.
(d) Simon.

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

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

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

14. Christ's doctrine contains nothing _______________ and neither does his religion.
(a) Novel or strange.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Special.
(d) Unique.

15. Against whom had the Jews devised various plots?
(a) The Christians.
(b) The Hindus.
(c) The Buddhists.
(d) The Muslims.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hegesippus was prominent in fighting what?

3. Luke was Paul's companion during this time and wrote both _________________.

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

5. Bishop Theophilus of Antioch wrote _________ rudimentary treatises.

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