The Rise Of Christianity Test Bank Answers Ch.2 - Medieval Europe 4e | Test Bank Backman by Clifford R. Backman. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 2
Test Bank
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 01
1) Why is the New Testament a problematic source for understanding the historical Jesus?
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a. It is more concerned with the meaning of his ministry than fact
b. It is an objective biography of Jesus that omits important symbolism
c. The Gospels were not written until several centuries after Jesus’ death
d. The Gospels are aimed exclusively at a Roman audience
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 02
2) Which of the following best describes the growth of Christianity in the West?
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a. Immediately popular among Jews only
b. State-supported from the start
c. Slow, uncertain, and subject to persecution
d. Driven by violence
Title: Chapter 02 Question 03
3) _________ is the term for a divinely appointed savior in the Jewish tradition.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 04
4) Which of the following Jewish sects refers to spiritual reformers who sought mystical union with the divine?
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a. Pharisees
b. Sadducees
c. Zealots
d. Essenes
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 05
5) How did the Roman religion typically treat other polytheisms?
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a. It rejected them as enemy religions
b. It accommodated and incorporated them
c. It replaced its own deities with new ones
d. It paid no attention to them
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 06
6) Which of the following are properties of mystery religions? (Select all that apply)
Feedback: Growth of the New Religion
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a. A priesthood that held spiritual power
b. Veneration of the Lares
c. State-based rituals
d. Belief in sacred and eternal mysteries
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 02 Question 07
7) __________ was the individual primarily responsible for spreading Christianity widely and highlighting its distinction from Judaism.
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 08
8) Which of the following contributed to Roman persecution of Christians? (Select all that apply)
Feedback: The Problem of Persecution
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a. Christian belief in a god other than those the Romans worshipped
b. Christian tendencies to worship privately
c. Christian refusal to serve in the Roman army
d. Christian denunciation of state gods
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 02 Question 09
9) __________ was the emperor who inflicted the worst persecution on Christians.
Type: fill-in-blank
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 11
11) Which of the following best describes the state of early Christianity around the age of persecutions?
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a. A clear, central authority that dictated doctrine
b. A series of authorities that all agreed on doctrine
c. A single community that misinterpreted Jesus’ teachings
d. A fractured series of communities that struggled to define doctrine
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 12
12) Which heresies threatened the doctrinal unity of early Christianity? (Select all that apply)
Feedback: The Problem of Heresy
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a. Catharism
b. Donatism
c. Gnosticism
d. Arianism
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 13
13) Which of the following is NOT a contribution Constantine made to the growth of Christianity in the fourth century?
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a. Requiring all Roman citizens to convert to Christianity
b. Building basilicas like St Peter’s
c. Legally ending imperial persecution
d. Educating and providing resources for priests
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 14
14) What purpose did the Nicene Creed serve?
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a. It placed the emperor in charge of the Christian Church
b. It established a precedent of flexibility regarding Christian doctrine
c. It laid out a formal declaration of orthodox Christian beliefs
d. It reconciled Arian and orthodox Christian beliefs
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 15
15) What event of 391 CE decisively cleared a path for Christianity’s growth?
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a. Theodosius declared Christianity the official religion of the empire
b. Theodosius declared Christianity one of the official religions of the empire
c. Constantine converted to Christianity
d. Constantine passed the Edict of Milan
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 16
16)
What is true about the church councils called before 450 CE?
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a. They are geographically centered around Rome
b. They are geographically diverse, from Western Europe to the Near East
c. They all occur in Western Europe
d. They all occur in the Near East
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 17
What figures does this painting depict?
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a. Saints martyred by Diocletian
b. Emperors who supported Christianity
c. The leaders of heresies
d. The Latin Doctors
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 02 Question 18
18) ___________ refers to St Jerome’s translation of the Bible into Latin.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 02 Question 19
19) What philosophy inspired St Augustine to focus on the difference between the material and spiritual worlds?
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a. Manichaeism
b. Neo-Platonism
c. Donatism
d. Aristotelianism
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 02 Question 20
20) The sack of __________ heralded the end of the world for many fifth-century people.