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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Cranmer after he recanted?
(a) He became the religious advisor to the queen.
(b) He was burned at the stake.
(c) He was promoted.
(d) He was hung.

2. What gave religious freedom to Roman Catholics and Huguenots?
(a) The 95 Edicts.
(b) The Edict of Nantes.
(c) The Nicene Creed.
(d) The Freedom Proclamation.

3. What god supposedly protected the sacred tree?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Loki.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Thor.

4. According to Luther, who mediated forgiveness between Christ and man?
(a) No-one.
(b) The Pope.
(c) A saint.
(d) The priest.

5. What job did Athanasius have?
(a) Pope.
(b) He was Bishop of Alexandria.
(c) Deacon of Alexandria.
(d) Cardinal.

6. To where did John Calvin escape?
(a) Geneva.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Bonn.

7. What were the French Protestants known as?
(a) The King's Men.
(b) Reformers.
(c) Huguenots.
(d) Deceivers.

8. What helped the dead get out of purgatory?
(a) Indulgences.
(b) Good works.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Begging.

9. Who was a major religious influence for Bernard of Clairvaux?
(a) His priest.
(b) His father.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

10. How did the author feel that God responded to the church?
(a) By smiting the enemies of it.
(b) By turning His back on it.
(c) By blessing and preserving it.
(d) By rescuing it.

11. What job did Ambrose have before he became Bishop of Milan?
(a) Governor.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Cardinal.
(d) Storekeeper.

12. Where did Augstine find forgiveness that led to his conversion?
(a) In a sermon.
(b) He never did.
(c) In a prayer meeting.
(d) In scripture.

13. Who were the only people who could read the Bible according to the Romans?
(a) Nobody could.
(b) Only fathers.
(c) Only the monks.
(d) Only priests.

14. Why was Blandina imprisoned?
(a) She tried poisoning the governor.
(b) For her faith.
(c) A client said she conned him.
(d) She preached against the government from the pulpit.

15. When did Polycarp live?
(a) During the time of the Apostles.
(b) In the first generation of Christians following the Apostles.
(c) In the third generation of Christians following the Apostles.
(d) In the second generation of Christians following the Apostles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Council of Nicaea convene?

2. Who is considered the first father figure of the Reformation?

3. What did Polycarp do as he was dying?

4. Alfred the Great was king of what country?

5. What happened to the two prisoners with Blandina who wouldn't bow to Caesar?

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