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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. One of the most influential men in the Roman court, __________, sought to exterminate the Jews.
(a) Claudius.
(b) Sejanus.
(c) Decius.
(d) Titus.

4. He cites Christ's greatness and claims _____________________ points towards this.
(a) The Gnostic Gospels.
(b) The Ten Commandments.
(c) The New Testament.
(d) The Old Testament.

5. Herod at the time was the first _____________ of the Jewish people, which fulfills a Mosaic prophesy.
(a) Leader.
(b) Enemy.
(c) Jewish king.
(d) Foreign king.

6. Herod, as many know, heard of Christ's birth from whom and sought to have him killed?
(a) God.
(b) The shepherds.
(c) The angel Gabriel.
(d) The three wise men.

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

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

9. Paul wrote ___________ epistles, although some rejected Hebrews due to the testimony of the Roman Church.
(a) Eighth.
(b) Tenth.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Fourteen.

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

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

12. First, Eusebius discusses how the apostles lived when?
(a) After the Last Supper.
(b) After Christ's ascension.
(c) Before Christ's ascension.
(d) After Christ's crucifixion.

13. Could these Christians raise the dead through prayer as the apostles did?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Rarely.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

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

15. Philo became known as a great scholar during this time and lived where?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In Alexandria.
(c) In Jerusalem.
(d) In Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bardaisan the Syrian doubt?

2. Who was associated with Stoicism and had traveled the world, even to India?

3. Against whose heresy did Apolinarius and Musanus fight?

4. There is _________ evidence of the succession of bishops in Jerusalem.

5. Mark follows Eumenes as what?

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