HIST 491 Quiz 2
HIST 491 Quiz 2
- In practice, Rome ran its far-flung empire primarily through loyal local elites.
- According to the video, the emperior Titus played what role (AD 71) in sowing the seeds of Rome’s eventual downfall?
- According to the video, the more complex a civilization is, the
- Augustine believed that all civilizations of the world were doomed to fail in the end.
- 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.
- According to the video, what was Augustine’s purpose in writing City of God?
- This Roman emperor created the Tetrarchy, or rule of four.
- This Roman emperor had his mother killed.
- Augustine believed that the Christian should, though a pilgrim, take advantage of the peace and security that civilization offered, but should never mistake it for anything substantial or enduring.
- According to the video, the Roman empire in general saw most religions
- According to Dr. David Snead, secondary sources play little or no role in a primary source research project.
- One way to begin using a primary source document is to
- David Snead’s book, given as an example of excellent primary source research, is about
- According to Dr. Snead, a student should pursue a research project based on solely on personal interest.
- Which of the following topics has Andrew Roberts not published a book on?
- According to Andrew Roberts, what is his general ratio of time for research and time for writing?
- According to Andrew Roberts, he found president George W. Bush to be
- According to Andrew Roberts, a historian should pay some attention to the reviews of his or her books.
- Andrew Roberts does not generally read his own books once they are published.
- Augustine viewed sin as analogous to…
- According to Augustine’s readings of the Platonists, he learned that the soul…
- What did the inscription on Augustine’s hospitable dinner-table forbid?
- Regarding education, Augustine strives for a middle road between what two things?
- What is the title of the extant book that Augustine wrote to assist in revealing the obscurities of the Bible?
- The verdict of the church on the controversy about grace in Augustine’s time was to reject Pelagianism but not to fully endorse Augustine’s predestinarianism.
- Who was a well-known intellectual critic of Christianity during Augustine’s ministry?
- In common with the Greek Fathers, the Pelagians base the election of God on…
- Augustine distinguished himself from his contemporaries by believing Rome would fall like its predecessor Babylon.
- 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?
- Augustine expected hermits and monks to memorize substantial portions of the Bible, if not the whole Bible.
- How does Augustine close Confessions?
- Fill in the blanks from Augustine’s quote: “Man can say nothing of what he is unable to _______, but he can ______ what he is unable to say.”
- The Berber peasants of Numidia became known as the Agonistici, or ….
- What is the name of the book that Augustine wrote as a memorial to his son Adeodatus after he passed in 388?
- What personally written maxim does Augustine exemplify in his autobiography Confessions?
- In his writing On True Religion, Augustine suggests that we grasp the Trinity…
- What is the focal point in Manichaeism (the society to which Augustine committed himself to at one point)?
- Augustine considers education to be the process in which the educator draws “out what the pupil’s mind already possesses within him.”
- Augustine’s reading of Cicero encouraged him towards a hedonistic lifestyle.
- To what biblical text did Augustine turn to at random that caused him to feel “a light of serenity” flood his heart?
- The formula ‘one substance in three persons’ was first proposed by who?
- According to Chadwick, what martyr was mentioned as an example as someone who was celebrated in the Church to keep the church members from celebrating pagan traditions?
- Augustine held that the transmission of original sin was through…
- What two things does Augustine compare a man “under the sway of passion”?
- Where did Augustine serve as Bishop?
- Which of the following best describe a key purpose behind Augustine’s work City of God?
- According to Roger Schultz, Augustine believed that
- According to Roger Schultz, what outline on the purpose of rhetoric (i.e., formal speaking) did Augustine adopt from Cicero?
- According to Roger Schultz, Augustine seems to have adopted his progression of linear history in part from what passage of Scripture?