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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maxentius was defeated--Eusebius likens it to ____________.
(a) Mary's love for Jesus.
(b) Joseph's forgiveness of his brothers.
(c) Jesus' victory over sin.
(d) The Jews' victory over Pharaoh.

2. Many bishops ___________ Origen.
(a) Hated.
(b) Worried about.
(c) Ignored.
(d) Admired.

3. Constantine was victorious over Licinius. What was Constantine determined to do?
(a) Forget the past.
(b) Rescue Licinius's victims.
(c) Become the most beloved Emperor.
(d) Become the most powerful Emperor.

4. Licinius plotted against the Bishops and did what with the most influential one?
(a) He destroyed his reputation.
(b) He put him to death.
(c) He exiled him.
(d) He tortured him.

5. Famine, pestilence and war struck _________________.
(a) Quckly all at once.
(b) Quickly one after another.
(c) Slowly one after another.
(d) Slowly all at once.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maximin defended his actions in what?

2. Maximin could not tolerate an end to persecution for longer than ___________ months.

3. What is granted to the churches?

4. Many Christian soldiers in the Imperial Army had been _______________________ by the Emperor.

5. Eusebius discusses the martyrs of the day and reproduces Maximin's rescript justifying what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Decius and his sons?

2. What did Maximin do at this time?

3. What happened when Valerian and his son Gallienus took over the Roman government?

4. What took place between Ambrose and Origen?

5. What happened when persecutions ended?

6. How was peace restored?

7. What is said about narcissus?

8. What caused the persecutions to begin again?

9. What did both Cyprian and Stephen think about this baptism debate?

10. How does Eusebius open this chapter?

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