Directions: Read and consider each question carefully and choose the best answer provided. Please place your letter choice on the line and highlight your answer choice. 1. What was expected religiously of a proper Roman citizen during the second and third century C. E.? A) Citizens must give offerings to the Cult of the emperor to glorify the Roman state. B) Citizens must attend temple rituals and sacrifice to the Roman gods.
C) Citizens should attend public feast days and holidays honoring the gods. D) Citizens should occasionally socialize with neighbors attending religious meals and events. E) All of these were expected.

2. How did pagan individuals seek a more personal experience of religion during this time period? A) People would join mystery religions and cults dedicated to a singular god or goddess. B) People would visit local shrines and oracles. C) People sought out soothsayers and fortune tellers to read the signs of their future. D) People sought out magicians and healers to cure ailments and cast spells. E) All of these were methods used at this time to practice paganism.

3. What was radical about the Christian message during this Roman time period?
A) This message was preaching equality of all peoples in the eyes of God and promised a peaceful and eternal afterlife. B) People liked that it was originally a Jewish sect. C) Prior to this message, people never helped the poor. D) Romans were unfamiliar with monotheism. E) All of these were radical elements of Christianity.

4. What was discovered in 1945 that led scholars to hypothesize about the diversity of the early Christians? A) The Dead Sea Scrolls. B) The tomb of King Tut. C) The Book of Kells. D) The Nag Hammadi manuscripts containing secret and hidden gospels. E) The first Greek hand written copy of the gospel of Mark.

5. What important event took place in the western Roman province of Asia Minor in the year 112 C. E.? A) Christians were put on trial for the first time in this region for upsetting their pagan neighbors. B) Constantine legalized Christianity. C) Theodosius made Christianity the official religion of the empire. D) Constantine saw a miraculous vision.
E) The Council of Nicaea produced the Nicene Creed.

6. How did the Roman Governor Pliny the Younger handle Christian trials in his province? A) All arrested Christians were immediately burned. B) Christians were allowed three opportunities to give an offering at the pagan altar before being condemned and executed. C) Christians were released if they paid a monetary fine. D) Christians were crucified upside down. E) Condemned Christians were sold into slavery.