CHRISTIANITY

1. Where did Christianity first appear?

• Rome

• Palestine

• Egypt

• Greece

2. 2. Who translated the Hebrew bible into Latin?

• Jerome

• Ambrose of Milan

• Augustine of Hippo

• The Apostle Paul

3.    What city did Constantine build that would be a “New Rome”?

• Greece

• Constantinople

• Byzantine

• Rome

4.     What have some historians called the period from Constantine’s conversion to the late twentieth century?

• Dark Ages

• Renaissance

• Middle Ages

• Constantinian Era

5.    Monasticism comes from the Greek term that means one/solitary or alone.

• Monachos

• Mazi

• Koinonia

• Oikon

6. 6.    Which of the following is not a characteristic of monastic life?

• A.    Their life was extremely simple.

• B.    Their belongings were limited to the strictly necessary things.

• C.    They weaved baskets and mats.

• D.    They travel anywhere they want.

7.    To what new form of monasticism did solitary monasticism give way?

• A. Cenobitic

• B. Hermits      

• C.  Asceticism

• A.    D. Desert Father

8.    Which of the following did the daily life of a Pachomian monk include?

• A. gardening and weaving     

• B. prayer and fasting 

• C. work and devotion

• D. All of the above

9.    It marks the end of Persecution in 313 CE.

• A. Edict of Milan

• B. Council of Nicea

• C. Council of Ephesus

• D. Council of Chalcedon

10.    What was the most dramatic ideal of western Christendom during the Middle Ages?

• A.         The simplicity of life.

• B.         The crusading spirit

• C. The Reformation

•             D. The ecumenical councils