Chapter 2 Self Quiz

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. What was probably the first book of the New Testament to be written?

Matthew correct incorrect

Romans correct incorrect

First Thessalonians correct incorrect

Mark correct incorrect

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. The spread of Greek culture and language is known as _____.

paganism correct incorrect

Hellenization correct incorrect

Greco-Roman world correct incorrect

daimonia correct incorrect

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. Greco-Roman religion incorporated which of the following?

creeds correct incorrect

tolerance correct incorrect

sacred texts correct incorrect

ethical commitments correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was not a household deity?

Penates correct incorrect

Lares correct incorrect

Daimonia correct incorrect

Genius correct incorrect

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. Who among the following was not thought to be a demigod or divine man?

Alexander the Great correct incorrect

Pythagoras correct incorrect

Heracles correct incorrect

Philostratus correct incorrect

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. The term "cult" means _____.

strange belief correct incorrect

magic correct incorrect

gods correct incorrect

care correct incorrect

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. When individuals wished to know the will of a god, they visited a(n) _____.

oracle correct incorrect

cult correct incorrect

daimonia correct incorrect

lares correct incorrect

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. Most people in the ancient world believed that _____.

religion brought a happy afterlife correct incorrect

religion brought immortality correct incorrect

religion secured life in this world correct incorrect

religion helped only moral people correct incorrect

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. Who among the following was often believed to be divine?

senators correct incorrect

equestrians correct incorrect

emperor correct incorrect

augurs correct incorrect

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. Which term refers to the interpretation of a sacrificial animal's entrails?

lares correct incorrect

oracles correct incorrect

extispicy correct incorrect

augury correct incorrect

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. In the Greco-Roman world, the religious and political realms typically _____.

functioned together in hopes of securing peace and prosperity correct incorrect

remained distinct; politicians did not participate in religion correct incorrect

remained distinct; politicians created their own religions correct incorrect

clashed; they couldn't agree on appropriate forms of worship correct incorrect

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. In the ancient world, most people _____.

were priests correct incorrect

worshipped the same, exclusive set of gods correct incorrect

participated in religious rituals correct incorrect

were monotheists correct incorrect

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. Understanding Greco-Roman religion is useful for the study of the New Testament because _____.

the Greco-Roman world foreshadows the early Christian experience correct incorrect

New Testament authors wrote within the context of the Greco-Roman world correct incorrect

Greco-Roman prophets made predictions about Jesus correct incorrect

Jesus' ministry focused on converting pagans correct incorrect

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. The term "gentile" designates _____.

a non-Jew correct incorrect

a Jew correct incorrect

a disciple of Jesus correct incorrect

someone who is Hellenized. correct incorrect

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. Polytheism _____.

was not exclusive correct incorrect

refers only to the highest level of Greco-Roman gods correct incorrect

was not the most popular form of religion in the ancient world correct incorrect

focused on the afterlife correct incorrect