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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Augustine have?
(a) He became a Christian teacher.
(b) He became a priest.
(c) He became a secular teacher.
(d) He didn't get a job.

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

3. What happened when Calvin confronted the priests who were arguing against him?
(a) He was sent to prison.
(b) He was banished.
(c) Many priests, monks and friars converted.
(d) Nothing. They ignored him.

4. What does the church call many of the great figures in Christian history?
(a) Apostles.
(b) Disciples.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Saints.

5. What did Anselm become under popular demand?
(a) Head Schoolmaster.
(b) Pope.
(c) Retired.
(d) Archbishop.

6. What did Arius deny?
(a) The doctrine of the Trinity.
(b) The resurrection.
(c) Christianity.
(d) The New Testament.

7. How did Peter understand the Bible?
(a) He hired a tutor.
(b) He took a class.
(c) He hired people to translate the Gospels.
(d) He didn't.

8. How did Anthony die?
(a) He died from old age.
(b) He died from a disease he got while imprisoned.
(c) He died for his faith, burned while tied to a stake.
(d) He died in battle against the Huguenots.

9. For what was Elizabeth of Hungary known?
(a) Her brilliant mind.
(b) Helping the poor.
(c) Her connection to God.
(d) Her answered prayers.

10. How did Boniface treat Christians who disagreed with the teachings of the Roman Church?
(a) He was unkind.
(b) He ignored them.
(c) He wanted to hear more about their beliefs.
(d) He laughed at their ignorance.

11. What did the followers of Francis of Assisi own?
(a) Cows.
(b) Cloth.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Sheep.

12. What did Catherine de Medici do after Jeanne died?
(a) She ordered a mass slaughter of the Huguenots.
(b) She killed Jeanne's children.
(c) She recommended Jeanne for sainthood.
(d) She declared that the Huguenots and Catholics could worship freely.

13. What did William Tyndale do that made him an outlaw?
(a) He robbed from the wealthy to help the poor.
(b) He held a religious protest outside the church.
(c) He robbed from the church.
(d) He wanted to translate the Bible into English.

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

15. What did Polycarp do as he was dying?
(a) He asked God why he wasn't being rescued.
(b) He thanked God for the honor of dying for Him.
(c) He cursed the governor.
(d) He recanted his faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprising action did peaceful Bernard take?

2. How often did Alfred worship God?

3. Where did Jeanne go to spread the Gospel?

4. Tyndale felt that many Catholic doctrines were undermined by what?

5. What job did Ambrose have before he became Bishop of Milan?

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