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Chapter 7 Quiz
The Rise of Christianity in a Roman World 40-300 CE
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The Pantheon in Rome was dedicated to _______.
Jupiter
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Mars and Minerva
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Venus
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All the gods
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Which of the following gods had cults that were considered mystery religions? Select all that apply.
Cybele
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Minerva
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Isis
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Mithras
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In addition to religion, another field of study that began to focus on human life and suffering was _______.
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About how many people worldwide identify as Christian?
200,000
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100 million
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1 billion
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2 billion
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According to scholars, the texts of the New Testament were written _______.
Right after the death of Jesus
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Over the course of a century
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Not until the fourth century
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Not until the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century
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The earliest written texts of Christianity are the _______.
Gospels
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Letters of Paul
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Revelation
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Acts of the Apostles
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The Jewish political party made up of the Temple priests and their political allies were the _______.
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The Jewish political party which consisted of the rabbis and their followers were the _______.
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The Jews hated the dynasty of Herod because they were thought to be _______.
Secretly not Jewish
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Pagans
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Too Hellenized
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Roman puppets
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The word 'baptize' comes from the Greek meaning _______.
To plunge
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To purify
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To forgive
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To reconcile
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How many men were in Jesus core group of personal disciples?
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Which of the four Gospel writers aimed at a specifically Jewish audience?
Matthew
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Mark
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Luke
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John
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According to historical sources, Pontius Pilate was _______.
Extremely philosophical
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Cruel, rigid and autocratic
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A devout pagan
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A secret Jewish sympathizer
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The apostle Paul was unusual among the apostles because he _______.
Was not Jewish
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Was not trained as a rabbi
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Was by the side of Jesus for his entire ministry
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Dedicated himself to preaching to non-Jews
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The word 'bishop' originally meant _______.
Head
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Pastor
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Overseer
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Owner
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Early Christian communities frequently held different beliefs because _______.
They were rivals
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They had different revelations
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Their teachers had believed different things
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Christianity was a unified belief system from its earliest days
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The Romans persecuted Christians because _______. (Select all that apply)
Christians devalued the affairs of the world
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They rarely served in the army
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They were suspected of cannibalism
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They refused to sacrifice to the emperor
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Christians who were not ethnically Jewish exceeded the numbers of Christians who were by the year _______.
35
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80
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150
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300
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The first persecutions of Christians happened under the reign of the emperor _______.
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The one of the Five Good Emperors who was also known as a Stoic philosopher was _______.
Trajan
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Hadrian
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Nerva
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Marcus Aurelius
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Marcus Aurelius used the Greek word
logos
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Writing
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Philosophy
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Theology
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Order and purpose
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The famous author of the
Parallel Lives
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Plutarch
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Marcus Aurelius
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Plato
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Epicurus
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Looking at Map 7.2 you could say what about early Christianity?
That it was a majority of the Roman population
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That it spread widely outside the Roman Empire
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That it spread widely throughout the Roman Empire
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That it was a popular religion
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Looking at Photo 7.1, which depicts Mithras slaying a sacred bull, who would you say Mithras would be popular with?
Women
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Soldiers
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Children
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Christians
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Looking at this photo, what is it trying to tell you about Marcus Aurelius?
That he was a great philosopher
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That he was a great warrior
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That he was a good leader
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That he thought he was Hercules
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