CSTU 101 QUIZ 5
Question 1
- Which country dispersed the Ten Tribes of Israel in 722BC?
Rome
Babylonians
Egyptians
Assyrians
3 points
Question 2
- If the early Christians had worshiped Jesus and Caesar, they would have gone unharmed, but they rejected all forms of __________________.
Pantheism
Atheism
Syncretism
Agnosticism
3 points
Question 3
- Old Testament prophet of faith, who preached on abiding trust in the providence of God around 740–700 BC.
Amos
Isaiah
Daniel
Malachi
3 points
Question 4
- Who was the Latin-speaking Christian who mastered Greek and Hebrew, and produced a translation of the whole Bible known as the Vulgate?
Ambrose
Jerome
Augustine
Aristotle
3 points
Question 5
- Who wrote The Wealth of Nations?
Luther
Calvin
Smith
Zwingli
3 points
Question 6
- One event not depicted in the catacombs was:
The good Shepard
Jonah
Moses parting the Red Sea
The crucifixion
3 points
Question 7
- This Scripture used by modern Christianity is remarkably consistent. It was written over a period of 1,500 years, by at least ______ different writers and yet remains true to one theme and has a unified viewpoint on both philosophy and facts.
50
40
60
20
3 points
Question 8
- During the time of Nero, there was the first recorded persecution of Christians that took place after a terrible destruction in the city of Rome in what year?
50 AD
70 AD
64 AD
30 AD
3 points
Question 9
- In the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, which two figures are standing on either side of Jesus?
Peter and Paul
Moses and Elijah
James and John
Peter and John
3 points
Question 10
- His interpretation of history quickly replaced those of classical thinkers and has remained influential to the present day. Lived (354-430).
Arian
Donatus
Augustine
Phillip
3 points
Question 11
- What would be a chief mark describing the Roman Empire, even after Constantine.
Excitement
Apathy
Focused
Motivated
3 points
Question 12
- Who was the Bishop in (339-397) who successfully challenged and limited imperial authority over the church?
Constantine
Augustine
Ambrose
Jerome
3 points
Question 13
- The rise of Rome caused a shift from the Greek view of the individual as the ultimate reality to one in which reality was the
State
City
3 points
Question 14
- Meeting in small groups in private homes, early Christians conducted simple services centered on the____________: the consecrated bread and wine commemorating Christ’s sacrifice on the cross.
Oran
Eucharist
Penance
Chrismation
3 points
Question 15
- Constantine played an influential role in the proclamation of the _____________, which decreed tolerance for Christianity in the empire.
Edict of Rome
Edict of Constantine
Edict of Milan
Proclamation of Peace
3 points
Question 16
- According to your textbook, what was the basic strength of the Jews? It gave them a will to resist and to survive.
High Priest
The people
Their religion
The location of their land
3 points
Question 17
- Early Christian art was more _________ and less materialistic, than Roman art because it was hard to depict topics like the Trinity or Salvation.
Pragmatic
Symbolic
Realistic
Imperialistic
3 points
Question 18
- The Torah consists of the first five books of the Bible called the Pentateuch, which is also known as
Books of David
Books of Abraham
Books of Moses
Both a and b
3 points
Question 19
- What word could be used in association with Christian Coptic Art?
Exact
Nimbus
Modern
Classical
3 points
Question 20
- Approximately what year did Constantine declare Christianity a legal religion of Rome?
285 AD
452 AD
313 AD
230 AD
3 points
Question 21
- The prohibition of graven images separated Judaism from all other religions, which represented their gods in a variety of ways.
True
False
2 points
Question 22
- In the early Christian church, when a person became a Christian and accepted baptism, he was welcomed into the Roman Culture because of his strong moral character.
True
False
2 points
Question 23
- For centuries the Romans had constructed basilicas that served as meeting halls, mercantile centers, and halls of justice. The basilica was a prototype of the large, dignified structure Christians needed for worship services.
True
False
2 points
Question 24
- Life in the later years of the Roman Empire was marked by increasing optimism about the future.
True
False
2 points
Question 25
- As we learned in the presentation “Introduction to Rome and Christianity,” the National Gallery of Art Museum resembles the Parthenon in Greece.
True
False
2 points
Question 26
- By the 5th century the Bishop of Rome was calling himself the Pope (Lat., papa, “father”) Christ’s vicar on earth.
True
False
2 points
Question 27
- Christianity was not equalitarian and certain restrictions were put on slaves and Greeks.
True
False
2 points
Question 28
- The New Testament is silent on the philosophies of the Roman world.
True
False
2 points
Question 29
- Pompeii was one of the only provinces of Rome that did not get caught up in all of the sexual representation.
True
False
2 points
Question 30
- Paul’s prologue on the Logos has been very beneficial to the growth of Christianity?
True
False