Deck 5: Ancient Civilizations of India and China

Question 1

What is the Biblical meaning of "covenant"?

A)A shelter or refuge
B)A commitment between God and humans
C)A prophecy that determines human destiny
D)A sacred text

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which grouping of Hebrew texts contains the Torah?

A)The Psalms
B)The Gospel
C)The New Testament
D)The Law

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Who were the three most important kings of the United Monarchy of Canaan?

A)Saul, David, and Solomon
B)Abraham, Isaac, and Saul
C)Methuselah, Noah, and David
D)Jobe, Jacob, and Solomon

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Who were the two sons of Abraham that went on to found the Hebrew and Arab nations?

A)Jacob and Joseph
B)Judah and Mohammed
C)Isaac and Ishmael
D)David and Solomon

Question 5

How is the Hebrew Bible divided?

A)The Law, the Prophets, and the Writings
B)The Psalms, the Tenets, and the Epistles
C)The Gospel, The Babylonian Letters, and the Writings
D)The Creation Story, The Pauline Letters, and the Book of Revelation

Question 6

What is the Septuagint?

A)A Latin version of the Greek Old Testament
B)A translation into Sanskrit of the Greek Old Testament
C)A Greek version of the Hebrew Old Testament
D)A translation into Latin of the Greek New Testament

Question 7

Who were the apologists?

A)Those who acknowledged their sins and expressed the desire to repent
B)Those who wrote in defense of Christianity
C)Those critical of Christian worship practices
D)Those who lamented the expulsion of mankind from the Garden of Eden

Question 8

What did the Chi-Rho monogram refer to?

A)Commonly-cited Biblical proverbs
B)Psalms used during Christian worship services
C)Early Christian beliefs about the afterlife
D)The first two letters of the Greek word for "Christ"

Question 9

What are the four most important sources of information about the life of Jesus?

A)Revelation, Leviticus, and the Psalms
B)The Dead Sea Scrolls, Lamentations, and Proverbs
C)Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
D)Acts of the Apostles, Song of Solomon, and the Pauline Letters

Question 10

What person became the most important figure in the spread of the Christian church after the death of Jesus?

A)Peter
B)John
C)Matthew
D)Paul

Question 11

According to the Bible, who was the father patriarch)of the Hebrews?

A)David
B)Abraham
C)Noah
D)Isaac

Question 12

The English word "Bible" comes from the Greek name of what ancient city?

A)Babel
B)Byblos
C)Athens
D)Byzantium

Question 13

What central doctrine of early Christianity became the basis on which believers proclaimed Jesus as Christ?

A)The belief in the Virgin Birth
B)The belief in the Resurrection
C)The belief in the forgiveness of sins
D)The doctrine of monotheism

Question 14

Why were early Christians persecuted by the government of Rome?

A)They refused to worship the state gods.
B)They rebelled openly against the government.
C)They broke the law by engaging in sacrificial rites.
D)They encouraged vandalism against Roman properties.

Question 15

What famous church was built in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Constantine?

A)Saint Mark's Cathedral
B)Saint Peter's Basilica
C)The Coliseum
D)Saint John's Cathedral

Question 16

What was a common symbol of early Christianity?

A)An anchor
B)A crucifix
C)A lion and a lamb
D)A fountain in a garden

Question 17

Which emperor in C.E.312 issued in Milan a decree of toleration for Christianity and other religions)?

A)Emperor Justinian
B)Emperor Diocletian
C)Emperor Constantine
D)Emperor Romulus

Question 18

What are the Beatitudes?

A)The early Christian saints
B)The blessings delivered during Mass
C)The core teachings of Jesus
D)The musical pieces performed during Mass

Question 19

What is the meaning of the Greek word from which the term "prophet" is derived?

A)One who sees the future
B)One who literally converses with God
C)A shepherd
D)One who speaks for another

Question 20

What was the "Babylonian Captivity"?

A)The period immediately before the coming of Christ
B)The enslavement of the Babylonian people
C)The imprisonment of the Babylonian people
D)A period of Hebrew exile

Question 21

What is antiphonal singing?

A)Dissonant singing
B)Singing in which two sections of the congregation alternate in chanting lines from psalms
C)Singing in which the congregation and cantor sing simultaneously with one another, but to different texts
D)Singing featuring the cantor alone
3 points each)

Question 22

What is the difference between a "prophet" and a "seer"? What was the main function of prophets in the Judeo-Christian traditions?

Question 23

_______________________ Books accepted by Orthodox Christians as canonical

Question 24

What musical tradition had the greatest influence on early Christian churches?

A)Early troubadour songs
B)Jewish chanting of sacred texts
C)The musical practices of the Roman Empire
D)The musical practices of Classical Greece

Question 25

_______________________ One of many gods is chosen to be worshipped

Question 26

What is the name of the gateway through which Christians entered a basilica?

A)the transept
B)the atrium
C)the clerestory
D)the nave

Question 27

How have events in the Book of Exodus been used to symbolize the plight and aims of later generations?

Question 28

_______________________ Hebrew word for "the anointed one"

Question 29

_______________________ Hallway that crosses the nave

Question 30

_______________________ Wall painting on moist plaster

Question 31

What did excavators of Dura-Europus find? What does this tell us about religious life in the third century?

Question 32

What famous church was built in Jerusalem during the reign of the Emperor Constantine?

A)The Church of Notre Dame
B)Hagia Sophia
C)The Church of the Holy Sepulcher
D)Saint Peter's Basilica

Question 33

What factors contributed to the success of the spread of Christianity?

Question 34

_______________________ Common form of Greek spoken throughout Roman empire

Question 35

_______________________ Belief in many gods

Question 36

What is responsorial singing?

A)Singing in which the choir responds to the congregation's lines
B)Singing in which two sections of the congregation alternate in chanting lines from psalms
C)Singing in which the congregation chants beneath cantor's line
D)Singing in which the congregation responds to cantor's lines

Question 37

What prompted the Christian church to create the position of cantor?

Question 38

_______________________ An underground cemetery

Question 39

_______________________ The "good news" of Christianity

Question 40

_______________________ Central aisle of a basilica