Multiple Choice Quiz


1	The term messiah means
		A)	priest.
		B)	angel of the Lord.
		C)	Son of God.
		D)	anointed.


2	For those who would turn Jesus into a champion and protector of the family, the gospel evidence is
		A)	missing.
		B)	mixed.
		C)	solid.
		D)	against this.


3	The most Jewish in orientation of the gospels is
		A)	Matthew.
		B)	Mark.
		C)	Luke.
		D)	John.


4	The gospel that is not part of the synoptics is
		A)	Matthew.
		B)	Mark.
		C)	Luke.
		D)	John.


5	The gospel sometimes called the "women's gospel" is
		A)	Matthew.
		B)	Mark.
		C)	Luke.
		D)	John.


6	Jesus sometimes sums up his teachings in
		A)	ten commandments.
		B)	one commandment.
		C)	two commandments.
		D)	five commandments.


7	The view that God's imminent divine judgment and the end of the world are near is
		A)	messianism.
		B)	apocalypticism.
		C)	redemption.
		D)	schism.


8	Before Paul was converted to belief in Jesus, he was a
		A)	Jewish patriot.
		B)	Essene.
		C)	Sadducee.
		D)	Pharisee.


9	Letters written in the New Testament to instruct, encourage, and solve problems are called
		A)	Gospels.
		B)	Epistles.
		C)	Acts.
		D)	Revelation.


10	The first major Church council was held in 325 C.E. at
		A)	Nicaea.
		B)	Jerusalem.
		C)	Alexandria.
		D)	Chalcedon.


11	The person who essentially shaped over a thousand years of Christian thought was
		A)	Aquinas.
		B)	Benedict.
		C)	Francis of Assisi.
		D)	Augustine.


12	The event that modernized the Roman Catholic Church was the
		A)	Council of Trent.
		B)	Counter-Reformation.
		C)	Second Vatican Council.
		D)	Council of Chalcedon.


13	The Puritans and the Presbyterian Church stand within the tradition of
		A)	the Anglican Church.
		B)	the Anabaptists.
		C)	Luther
		D)	Calvin.

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