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CHRISTIANITY

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Where did Christianity first appear?

a)

Rome

b)

Palestine

c)

Egypt

d)

Greece

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

a)

Jerome

b)

Ambrose of Milan

c)

Augustine of Hippo

d)

The Apostle Paul

3.

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

a)

Greece

b)

Constantinople

c)

Byzantine

d)

Rome

4.

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

a)

Dark Ages

b)

Renaissance

c)

Middle Ages

d)

Constantinian Era

5.

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

a)

Monachos

b)

Mazi

c)

Koinonia

d)

Oikon

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

a)

A.    Their life was extremely simple.

b)

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

c)

C.    They weaved baskets and mats.

d)

D.    They travel anywhere they want.

7.

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

a)

A. Cenobitic

b)

B. Hermits      

c)

C.  Asceticism

d)

A.    D. Desert Father

8.

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

a)

A. gardening and weaving     

b)

B. prayer and fasting 

c)

C. work and devotion

d)

D. All of the above

9.

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

a)

A. Edict of Milan

b)

B. Council of Nicea

c)

C. Council of Ephesus

d)

D. Council of Chalcedon

10.

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

a)

A.         The simplicity of life.

b)

B.         The crusading spirit

c)

C. The Reformation

d)

            D. The ecumenical councils

11.

11.    Who contributed most to the final shape of communal monasticism?

a)

A. Anthony

b)

B. Pachomius

c)

C. Athanasius 

d)

D. Jerome

12.

12.    Who contributed most to the spread of the monastic ideal?

a)

A. St. Anthony of Alexandria

b)

B. St. Augustine of Hippo

c)

C. St. Benedict

d)

D. St. Martin of Tours

13.
  1. 13. Of the differing interpretations of Christianity, what was the most dangerous?

a)

A. Gnosticism

b)

B. Monasticism

c)

C. Schism

d)

D. Apologist

14.
  1. 14. What was one of the earliest Christian symbols ?

a)

A. Cross

b)

B. Fish

c)

C. Lamb

d)

D. Lion

15.
  1. 15. Combination of Greek cultural elements (in various forms & degrees) with elements from conquered civilizations

a)

A. Hellenism

b)

B. Diaspora

c)

C. Monasticism

d)

D. Syncretism