Chapter 28 Self Quiz

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. Christians were persecuted across the Roman Empire throughout the first century.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The Emperor Nero blamed the Christians for a major fire for which he was most likely responsible.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Opponents of Christianity claimed Christians held orgies and ate babies.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Governors in the Roman provinces had all of the following responsibilities except:

Collecting taxes correct incorrect

Maintaining order correct incorrect

Keeping the peace correct incorrect

Protecting religious freedom correct incorrect

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. Opponents of Christianity suggested all of the following except:

Christians held orgies. correct incorrect

Christians committed infanticide. correct incorrect

Christians committed deicide. correct incorrect

Christians were guilty of incest. correct incorrect

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. In Nero's persecution of Christianity, Christians were accused of:

Infanticide correct incorrect

Arson correct incorrect

Cannibalism correct incorrect

Incestuous relationships correct incorrect

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. First Peter claims to have been written in Babylon, a code word for:

Jerusalem correct incorrect

Alexandria correct incorrect

Rome correct incorrect

Corinth correct incorrect

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. First Peter was probably written:

In the middle of the first century correct incorrect

In the late first century correct incorrect

In the middle of the second century correct incorrect

In the late second century correct incorrect

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. When was the first imperial episode of Christian persecution?

When Nero falsely accused Christians of starting the fire that leveled Rome correct incorrect

Immediately after Pilate had Jesus crucified correct incorrect

After the military assault on Rome by the Maccabees correct incorrect

During World War II correct incorrect

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. What was the growth rate of Christianity in its early years?

Steady at 50 percent per year correct incorrect

Fluctuating at 2 percent some years and 80 percent other years correct incorrect

Steady at 40 percent per decade correct incorrect

Exponential correct incorrect

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. Which book of the New Testament mentions the word "suffering" more than any other?

First Thessalonians correct incorrect

First Peter correct incorrect

Second Peter correct incorrect

Jude correct incorrect

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. What was "Babylon" a code word for?

Israel correct incorrect

Wrongdoing correct incorrect

Rome correct incorrect

Potential trouble correct incorrect

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. The worst insult that pagans used against Christians was considered to be:

"Atheist" correct incorrect

"Heathen" correct incorrect

"Antichrist" correct incorrect

"Saint" correct incorrect