Chapter 1 Test, Traditional — Rome and the Rise of Christianity

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: When the Roman Empire was divided, the western section became known as the Byzantine Empire.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: The message of Jesus—people should love God and one another—agreed with Jewish teachings.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: Crucifixion of criminals and political rebels was a common method of punishment by the Romans.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: Christians, unlike the Jews, believed that multiple Gods could be worshipped.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: The Byzantines believed the patriarch of Constantinople and other bishops were equal to the pope.

• True

• False

Matching—select the correct match: a leader in establishing the Christian Church

• Peter of Galilee

• Sermon on the Mount

• excommunicate

• Iconoclasts

• Jerome

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question: The Byzantine civilization had a culture that was mainly derived from

• the Greeks.

• the Romans.

• various Asian civilizations.

• a blend of several cultures.

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question: The capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire was

• Adrianople.

• Constantinople.

• Rome.

• Spartacus.

Christian scripture, or holy writings, states that

• Mary Magdalene betrayed Jesus.

• Jesus rose from the dead.

• the Romans tried to save Jesus.

• Jesus’s preaching was dangerous.

Read the excerpt: “I heard from a neighbouring house a voice … chanting and oft repeating, ‘Take up and read.’ … I arose; interpreting it to be no other than a command from God …” —Augustine, The Confessions of St. Augustine. According to the excerpt, why did the words of the child so deeply affect Augustine and inspire him?

• He remembered them from his own childhood.

• He had heard them so many times before from next door.

• He thought the words were unusual for a child to be saying.

• He thought it was odd because the people next door did not have any children.