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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Blandina imprisoned?

2. What obstacles did Christians face while spreading the gospel during the early years and Middle Ages?

3. What did Polycarp do as he was dying?

4. Where did Bernard go when he was 25?

5. Who was Polycarp's teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author describe the era of the 1500s in Europe?

2. What was Augustine's childhood like in regards to religion, and how did his mother feel about it?

3. Why did people want to join Bernard of Clairvaux's monastery? How did they help others?

4. What was the position of Pope Gregory I, how was he regarded, and what did he do?

5. Who were the Waldensians?

6. What happened when John Calvin stood up to the Catholic priests?

7. Who inspired John Knox, and what did he do about what he learned from the man?

8. How had paganism affected the growing church?

9. Why wouldn't Ambrose give Emperor Theodosius communion?

10. What was happening to the church in its early years?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was paganism, and how did it affect Christianity?

Essay Topic 2

Several Christian greats helped the church grow and also focused on literacy. Who were these men, why did they feel literacy was important, what did they do to help people become more literate, and what effect did it have on the church?

Essay Topic 3

What was so important about the 95 Theses Martin Luther nailed on the church door? What were they about? How did Luther respond to the world's reaction to them?

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