The Edict of Milan

QUESTION 5

1. Which of the following describes “The Edict of Milan”?

The Church council establishing the belief in the Trinity

The law decriminalizing Christianity

The division of the empire into four parts

The biography of St. Augustine

2 points

QUESTION 6

1. Which of the following is an apocryphal story about St. Patrick of Ireland?

He was a Roman citizen.

He drove the snakes out of Ireland.

He was captured by pirates.

He converted the Irish to Christianity.

2 points

QUESTION 7

1.

Which of the following was not a cause of the fall of Rome?

The use of barbarian mercenaries

The rejection of militarist values

The corruption of Theodora

Barbarian kinship ties

2 points

QUESTION 8

1.

Which of the following factors did not cause barbarian migration?

Escape from forced Christian conversion

The flight from the Huns

The search for regular sources of food

Conflicts among barbarian tribes

2 points

QUESTION 9

1.

Which of the following factors did not contribute to the economic difficulties of Roman citizens during the reconstruction by Diocletian and Constantine?

Rising power of the Church

Roman taxation policies

Fear of barbarian invasion and bandits

Restricted choice of profession

2 points