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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. What happened to Cranmer after he recanted?

2. Of what did Anselm have a vision when he was a child?

3. For what is St. Patrick most commonly known?

4. What job did Athanasius have?

5. Who did Ambrose convert to Christianity?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were the French Protestants in France known as, and how were they treated?

3. Who were the Waldensians?

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

5. What did John Huss do that made the Pope upset?

6. Who were the Franciscans?

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

8. Describe what happened when Polycarp was given a command in Rome.

9. How did Patrick first arrive in Ireland?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is modern secularism, and why is it a threat to the church?

Essay Topic 3

What was paganism, and how did it affect Christianity?

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