Question 1
1 / 1 pts
According to the video, Augustine’s work City of God has little relevance to the overall
direction of western civilization, especially in the modern era.
True
False
Question 2
1 / 1 pts
According to the video, Christianity posed a problem(s) for Rome in that it
Encouraged emperor worship along with worship of Christ
Denied the worship of Roman gods, including the emperor.
Focused attention on getting to the hereafter and less on the present
B and C
A and C
Question 3
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He established the Pax Romana in AD 13
Diocletian
Nero
Augustus
Augustine
Question 4
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This Roman emperor created the Tetrarchy, or rule of four.
Augustus
Nero
Claudius
Hadrian
Diocletian
Question 5
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Augustine believed that all civilizations of the world were doomed to fail in the end.
True
False
Question 6
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According to the video, the more complex a civilization is, the
More likely it is to endure
More vulnerable it is
More it will be religious
None of the above
Question 7
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According to the video, the Roman empire in general saw most religions
In an inclusive way
In an intolerant way
As troublesome
None of the above
Question 8
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This Roman emperor issued an edict of toleration for all Christians and eventually made
Christianity the empire’s principal religion.
Claudius
Caligula
Theodosius
Constantine
Diocletian
Question 9
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This Roman emperor had his mother killed.
Augustus
Claudius
Caligula
Nero
Question 10
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In practice, Rome ran its far-flung empire primarily through loyal local elites.
True
False
Question 11
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According to Dr. David Snead, he got the idea and documents for writing one of his
books from
A fellow professor
A historical documentary
Reading a book
A student
None of the above
Question 12
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According to Dr. David Snead, secondary sources play little or no role in a primary
source research project.
True
False
Question 13
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According to Dr. Snead, a student should pursue a research project based on solely on
personal interest.
True
False
Question 14
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Dr. David Snead’s book, given as an example of excellent primary source research, is
about
The bombing of Berlin
An individual soldier in WWI
The political campaign of 1876
The Great Awakening
None of the above
Question 15
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One way to begin using a primary source document is to
Ask questions of it
Set it aside until you have developed your thesis from secondary sources
Automatically see it primarily as a secondary piece of information
All of the above
None of the above
Question 16
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According to Andrew Roberts, what is his general ratio of time for research and time for
writing?
Research 50%, Writing 50%
Research 30%, Writing 70%
Research 90%, Writing 10%
Research 20%, Writing 80%
Question 17
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In his book Storm of War, Andrew Roberts concluded that Hitler lost the war because
He did not pay enough attention to military factors
He did not pay enough attention to ideological factors
He was too busy being drunk
He was afraid of public opinion about his leadership
None of the above
Question 18
1 / 1 pts
According to Andrew Roberts, he found president George W. Bush to be
Smart but uninterested in history
Interested in history but not very knowledgeable
Smart and very engaged with the details of history
Roberts made no comments on George W. Bush
Question 19
1 / 1 pts
According to Andrew Roberts, a historian should pay some attention to the reviews of
his or her books.
True
False
Question 20
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Which of the following topics has Andrew Roberts not published a book on?
Churchill
Napoleon
WWII
Masters and Commanders
The Great Awakening
Question 21
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Donatists rejected entirely which particular aspect of Catholicism?
The Sacraments
The Bishoprics
The Monasteries
Transubstantiation
Question 22
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Pelagianism is the belief that original sin did not taint human nature and that mortal will
is still capable of choosing good or evil without special Divine aid.
True
False
Question 23
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Augustine considers education to be the process in which the educator draws “out what
the pupil’s mind already possesses within him.”
True
False
Question 24
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The formula ‘one substance in three persons’ was first proposed by who?
Tertullian
Augustine
The Apostle John
Arius
Question 25
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In his later years, Augustine believed divine foreknowledge and predestination were
identical.
True
False
Question 26
1 / 1 pts
The Berber peasants of Numidia became known as the Agonistici, or ….
Prophets .
Militants
Interpreters
Fathers
Question 27
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Classical Greek and Latin moralists believed that emotions such as “anger, pity, grief,
joy, lust” were emotions that caused pain, and one must suppress them. Rising above
these things, what do these moralists think reigns supreme?
Reality
rationality
idealism
existentialism
Question 28
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What did the inscription on Augustine’s hospitable dinner-table forbid?
consumption of alcohol
stealing
malicious gossip
heresy
Question 29
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According to Augustine’s readings of the Platonists, he learned that the soul…
is fallen from birth and purified by attaining knowledge
is fallen by free choice and is purified by liberation from passion
is inherently good and in no need of abstaining from evil
is most at home on the earth in the temporal body
Question 30
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Augustine believed the state was able to make men inwardly virtuous and consequently
able to reduce crime.
True
False
Question 31
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In common with the Greek Fathers, the Pelagians base the election of God on…
His will
Man’s free will
Jesus
His foreknowledge
Question 32
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What was the main cause of confusion and dysfunction in the North African Church that
Augustine experienced as a bishop causing him to strive for reform that seemed to
work so well for Ambrose?
Lying
superstition
gluttony
greed
Question 33
1 / 1 pts
According to Chadwick, where are Augustine’s favorite pictures of the Church located?
prophecies in Revelation
parables in Matthew 13
the church in Corinth
the church in Galatia
Question 34
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What two things does Augustine compare a man “under the sway of passion”?
flash flood or hot wax
wine and olive oil
flash flood or fiery furnace
10 plagues or a night sky
Question 35
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In On The Trinity, Augustine’s argument is not so hotly against Arians as against….
Orthodox theologians who failed to explain the doctrine correctly
Platonists who saw the Trinity as absurd
Neoplatonists who tried to mesh incorrect views into the Trinity
Donatists who wanted to seize Augustine’s see.
Question 36
1 / 1 pts
Augustine’s reading of Cicero encouraged him towards a hedonistic lifestyle.
True
False
Question 37
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Augustine distinguished himself from his contemporaries by believing Rome would fall
like its predecessor Babylon.
True
False
I
Question 38
0 / 1 pts
Augustine felt that cities could die because…
They were composed of mortal people
They were easily mismanaged
There was a large disparity in wealth
All of the above
Question 39
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What personally written maxim does Augustine exemplify in his autobiography
Confessions?
“The fewer the words, the better the prayer”
“I have a great need for Christ; I have a great Christ for my need”
“Hate the sin, love the sinner”
“Bible reading is an education in itself”
Question 40
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According to Chadwick, what is the main theme of the Confessions?
the devastation of consequences in life
the combination of soul and mind
the alienation of man from his true self
the true and perfect holiness of God
Question 41
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Augustine viewed sin as analogous to…
A debt to be paid
An unhealthy tumor
A demonic spirit
None of the above
I
Question 42
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What is the name of the book that Augustine wrote as a memorial to his son Adeodatus
after he passed in 388?
The Teacher
The Student
The Pupil
The Master
Question 43
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In the ninth book of Confessions, the turning of what “in a single moment, and yet is a
moment in a long movement over many years” puzzles Augustine?
Home
soul
will
body
Question 44
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Regarding education, Augustine strives for a middle road between what two things?
nature and destiny
credulity and curiosity
nature and nurture
process and product
Question 45
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What is the focal point in Manichaeism (the society to which Augustine committed
himself to at one point)?
Good works
problem of evil
idolatry
pleasure
Question 46
1 / 1 pts
According to Roger Schultz, what outline on the purpose of rhetoric (i.e., formal
speaking) did Augustine adopt from Cicero?
explain, expound, employ
resist, reward, resound
prove, please, persuade
create, call, confound
purpose, pronounce, provide
I
Question 47
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According to Roger Schultz, Augustine
was an orthodox Christian from early in his childhood
had a Christian father but not a Christian mother
never spoke of his conversion
was influenced by Manicheanism and Neo-Platonism
not interested in history
Question 48
1 / 1 pts
According to Roger Schultz, in which work by Augustine does he give his personal
testimony of conversion?
City of God
The Teacher
Confessions
None of the above
Question 49
1 / 1 pts
Where did Augustine serve as Bishop?
Rome
Constantinople
Spain
North Africa
France
Question 50
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following best describe a key purpose behind Augustine’s work City of
God?
To sacralize Roman history
To show that Rome was not an eternal city
To show a linear view of history
A and B
B and C
