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Understanding the Bible: Sixth Edition, 6/e
Stephen Harris, California State University--Sacramento

A Christian History and the Pauline Letters
Acts

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

The Book of Acts is the continuation of which Gospel?
A)Matthew
B)Mark
C)Luke
D)John
2

Luke generally refers to the movement whose history he is describing as
A)the Jesus movement
B)Christianity
C)the New Israel
D)the New Way
3

The festival at which the disciples receive the Holy Spirit in Acts is
A)Passover
B)Easter
C)Hannukah
D)Pentecost
4

The ability to speak in tongues is also known as
A)charisma
B)circumcision
C)glossolalia
D)linguistics
5

Peter converts the Roman centurion, whose name is
A)Gamaliel
B)Stephen
C)Simon
D)Cornelius
6

The Jerusalem Church selected Stephen, among others, to serve as
A)a deacon
B)an apostle
C)a martyr
D)a bishop
7

Followers of Jesus were first called "Christians" in
A)Jerusalem
B)Rome
C)Antioch
D)Ephesus
8

Before converting, Paul was
A)a Gentile
B)a Pharisee
C)a Sadducee
D)a centurion
9

According to Paul's account of the Jerusalem conference in Galatians, the only request made of him was
A)that he circumcise all Gentile converts
B)that Gentile converts not eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols
C)that his churches obey all of the dietary laws of Judaism
D)that he remember the poor
10

In Acts, Paul was not accompanied on any of his journeys by
A)Silas
B)Barnabas
C)Luke
D)Peter