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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. When did things change for the better?
(a) At the end of the tenth year.
(b) At the end of the fifteenth year.
(c) In the middle of the tenth year.
(d) At the beginning of the tenth year.

2. Eusebius covers Dionysius's views on what festival?
(a) Lenten.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Passover.

3. Eusebius discusses the martyrs of the day and reproduces Maximin's rescript justifying what?
(a) His Christian beliefs.
(b) His persecution of Christians.
(c) His purpose as a ruler.
(d) His change in ideas.

4. Origen observed what as a child and vowed to charge headlong into the fight for the faith?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Religious ceremonies.
(c) Martyrdoms.
(d) The construction of churches.

5. At this time, the empire has two junior emperors, __________________, both of which often had rights of succession.
(a) One in the east and one in the south.
(b) One in the east and one in the west.
(c) One in the north and one in the west.
(d) One in the north and one in the south.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the churches?

2. Narcissus is thought to have wrought many __________.

3. Many bishops ___________ Origen.

4. The Emperor commands a second synod for what reason?

5. Where had Maxentius fortified his troops?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eusebius open this chapter?

2. What happened at the end of the tenth year?

3. To what did Maximan and Maxentius devote themselves?

4. What happened to the enemies of the Christians?

5. Why did Dionysius write a letter to Stephen?

6. How was peace restored?

7. Describe the rule of Maximin and Maxentius.

8. Who supported Origen, his mother, and siblings?

9. What broke out?

10. What does Eusebius say about Paul of Samosata?

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