Unit 6: Quiz

Below is a sample of questions that will appear on the quiz. Use them to guide your reading. A subset of these will appear on the quiz. 

Chapter 9

1. The Gospel that is oriented toward a Jewish audience and that portrays Jesus as the “new Moses” is

2. “I am the light of the world” emphasizes Jesus as the incarnation of God in

3. Stories about women and compassionate acts are common in

4. Jesus said that all important religious laws could be summed up in the

5. In Jesus’ time, what power controlled Israel?

6. Which of these books is found in the New Testament?

7. Paul, John the Baptist, and Jesus may have been influenced by the celebration of celibacy common in what Jewish movement?

8. An essential part of the teaching of Jesus was to

9. When early Christian belief spread outside Israel, it was spread particularly by what missionary?

10. In 1054, what happened between the Eastern and Western Church?

11. The North African bishop who wrote Confessions and The City of God was

12. Perhaps the most important ritual of Christianity is a sign of entry into the church, or

13. Easter, as a celebration of the resurrection, is associated with the color

14. A biblical letter to an early Christian or Christian community is called

15. Jesus summarized Jewish traditions and laws as

16. The major Christian rituals, such as baptism and Eucharist, are often called

17. Christianity added its books to those of the Hebrew Bible; the distinctively Christian books are called

18. Following the fall of Rome, Benedictine monks are associated with

19. Gothic cathedrals were built primarily during

20. Gothic architecture can be traced back to

21. The Protestant Reformation was started by

22. The founder of the Church of England was

23. The branch of Christianity common in Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania is called

24. The body and blood of Jesus are symbolized

25. In 1054, church power was divided between the Pope in Rome and the Patriarch in

26. In 313, the emperor Constantine published an Edict of Toleration, which allowed

27. Christianity first spread in territory surrounding

28. Lent is a period of preparation before

29. The history of the early Christian Church is found in what biblical book?

30. What is the oldest Protestant denomination?

31. A Protestant denomination emphasizing predestination is

32. What rich, dramatic style of church architecture was embraced by Catholics as a contrast to somber Protestant churches?

33. The person whose Rule for Monks helped organize and spread Western monasticism was

34. The abbreviation A.D. refers to

35. The view that the end of the world is near is called

36. Christianity grew out of

37. Jesus died at the time of what religious festival?

38. Literally, “gospel” means

39. Jesus opposed divorce because

40. The primary language that Jesus spoke was

41. The Jewish-Christian church was weakened by the

42. One of the major areas of debate among early Christians was
43. The oldest of the Gospels is generally thought to be

44. Literally, “synoptic” means

45. The Gospel of John is similar to

46. The Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and major Protestant denominations all agree on

47. The book of Acts is really the second part of which Gospel?

48. “Orthodox” literally means

49. A person pursuing monastic life at Mount Athos would follow the pattern set by

50. One of the medieval nuns who wrote mystical songs was

51. One of the religious orders emphasizing reason and philosophy is the

52. The Scottish church leader who studied with John Calvin in Geneva was