Lesson test: A Christian empire

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A Christian empire

1.[3p]
What did Arius argue?

The Son was the first and highest created thing, so there was when he was not

Correct

The Son and the Father were one person under two names

The answer is: The Son was the first and highest created thing, so there was when he was not

The Son was human only, and not divine at all

The answer is: The Son was the first and highest created thing, so there was when he was not

The Father had been created by the Son

The answer is: The Son was the first and highest created thing, so there was when he was not

2.[3p]
Athanasius was bishop of Alexandria for 45 years and spent about 17 of them in exile. What percentage is that, to the nearest whole number?

CorrectNot quite: 38

3.[3p]
What does it show that he was expelled five times and returned five times?

The state could take the office but not the following

Correct

The church had no means of appointing bishops

The answer is: The state could take the office but not the following

Emperors were indifferent to who held Alexandria

The answer is: The state could take the office but not the following

Exile was a purely ceremonial punishment

The answer is: The state could take the office but not the following

4.[2p]
Jerome's line that the world groaned to find itself Arian is a measurement of what people believed.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

5.[3p]
What did Julian's twenty months as sole emperor establish?

Select all that apply

Traditional cult could not be restored by imperial decision

Correct

Christian care of the poor had no pagan equivalent to compete with

Correct

Classical education was the gateway to every career in the empire

Correct

Most of the empire was still pagan and eager for a restoration

The answer is: Traditional cult could not be restored by imperial decision, Christian care of the poor had no pagan equivalent to compete with, Classical education was the gateway to every career in the empire

6.[3p]
Why did Symmachus's appeal for the Altar of Victory fail?

Arguing from custom and plurality concedes everything to an opponent claiming truth

Correct

He had no legal standing to petition the emperor

The answer is: Arguing from custom and plurality concedes everything to an opponent claiming truth

The altar had already been destroyed

The answer is: Arguing from custom and plurality concedes everything to an opponent claiming truth

Ambrose held a higher civil office than he did

The answer is: Arguing from custom and plurality concedes everything to an opponent claiming truth

7.[3p]
Match each bishop's function to what it replaced or created.

distribution to the poor
the bishop's court
intercession with governors

the advocacy a city council used to provide
civil judgements the state agreed to enforce
patronage on the old Roman model, with a wider clientele

Show the answer

distribution to the poor: patronage on the old Roman model, with a wider clientele the bishop's court: civil judgements the state agreed to enforce intercession with governors: the advocacy a city council used to provide

8.[3p]
Why is Theodosius's penance at Milan in 390 new in Roman history?

No authority inside the empire had ever imposed a penalty on a reigning emperor

Correct

It was the first time an emperor admitted a massacre

The answer is: No authority inside the empire had ever imposed a penalty on a reigning emperor

It was the first excommunication of any kind

The answer is: No authority inside the empire had ever imposed a penalty on a reigning emperor

It transferred the imperial title to a bishop

The answer is: No authority inside the empire had ever imposed a penalty on a reigning emperor

9.[2p]
In what year did Theodosius die, leaving Arcadius in the east and Honorius in the west?

CorrectNot quite: 395

1.[3p] What did Arius argue?

2.[3p] Athanasius was bishop of Alexandria for 45 years and spent about 17 of them in exile. What percentage is that, to the nearest whole number?

3.[3p] What does it show that he was expelled five times and returned five times?

4.[2p] Jerome's line that the world groaned to find itself Arian is a measurement of what people believed.

5.[3p] What did Julian's twenty months as sole emperor establish?

6.[3p] Why did Symmachus's appeal for the Altar of Victory fail?

7.[3p] Match each bishop's function to what it replaced or created.

8.[3p] Why is Theodosius's penance at Milan in 390 new in Roman history?

9.[2p] In what year did Theodosius die, leaving Arcadius in the east and Honorius in the west?

1.[3p]
What did Arius argue?

2.[3p]
Athanasius was bishop of Alexandria for 45 years and spent about 17 of them in exile. What percentage is that, to the nearest whole number?

3.[3p]
What does it show that he was expelled five times and returned five times?

4.[2p]
Jerome's line that the world groaned to find itself Arian is a measurement of what people believed.

5.[3p]
What did Julian's twenty months as sole emperor establish?

6.[3p]
Why did Symmachus's appeal for the Altar of Victory fail?

7.[3p]
Match each bishop's function to what it replaced or created.

8.[3p]
Why is Theodosius's penance at Milan in 390 new in Roman history?

9.[2p]
In what year did Theodosius die, leaving Arcadius in the east and Honorius in the west?