A.   "Acts of the Apostles"

B.   The "New Testament"

C.   "The Gospels"

D.   "The Epistle of the Church in Rome"

A.   Aramaic and Semetic

B.   Greek and Assyrian

C.   Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

D.   Greek and Aramaic

A.   "the invocation of a blessing."

B.   "a formal letter."

C.   "the superior of an abbey or monastery for men."

D.   "one of twelve disciples chose by Jesus to preach his gospel."

A.   "they shall live on earth forever."

B.   "the kingdom of heaven is theirs."

C.   "you will be a leader among men."

D.   "the sands at your feet will give way to gold."

A.   the Gospel of John

B.   the Gospel of Mark

C.   the Gospel of Luke

D.   the Gospel of Matthew

A.   "sins."

B.   "the" -- at that time "known planets."

C.   "repentance"

D.   "the wounds of Jesus."

A.   "The archangel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that Godhas chosen her to ebar his son."

B.   "In the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives, while the disciples Peter, James, and John sleep, Jesus reconciles his soul to death."

C.   "Jesus fast for forty days and nights in the wilderness; he rejects the worldly wealth offered to him by the devil."

D.   "John the Baptist, a preacher in the wilderness of Judea, baptizes Jesus in the Jordan River."

A.   transept

B.   nave

C.   ambulatory

D.   narthex

A.   A treaty between Christians and Jews

B.   A document announcing the first Catholic pope

C.   A statement of Chrisitan faith

D.   The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

A.   Hagia Sophia

B.   The Church of San Vitale

C.   King Fahad Mosque

D.   The Parliament of Justine

A.   Carolingian Miniscule

B.   Gregorian chants

C.   Orans

D.   Saints and Angels

A.   The Church of San Vitale

B.   Hagia Sophia

C.   The Parliament of Justine

D.   St. Paul's Cathedral

A.   in a Jewish Temple

B.   in an Islamic Mosque

C.   in a Jewish Cemetery

D.   in a Catholic Church

A.   Matthew

B.   Paul

C.   Saint Augustine

D.   Augustus

A.   a collection of some 250 prose tales

B.   the most sacred books of the Quran

C.   Muhamad's journey from Mecca to Medina in the year 622

D.   the body of Muslim law based on the Quran and the Hadith

A.   a rotating pulpit

B.   a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

C.   a spoon

D.   a two-leaved hinged tablet

A.   the first illuminated manuscript

B.   a religious song

C.   a type of ornament featuring plant and flower forms

D.   an Islamic dance

A.   minbar

B.   sharia

C.   mihrab

D.   mullah

A.   Mastaba

B.   Islam

C.   Judaism

D.   Christianity

A.   The Edict of Milan

B.   The Magna Carta

C.   The Nicene Creed

D.   The Sermon on the Mount

A.   a Christian posture of prayer

B.   strict self-denial and self-discipline

C.   a group that allows a wide variety of religious beliefs and practices

D.   the punishment that the Romans gave to thieves and traitors

A.   “tell my mother that I am always with her.”

B.   “create a new language that will be known only to Christians.”

C.   “go to the gentiles”

D.   “find the Ark of  the Covenant.”

A.   “the lost city of Atlantis.”

B.   "The Edict of Milan.”

C.   “Christianity at all.”

D.   “the Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus."

A.   a large traditional house that often has a complex double structure that allows men to visit without running any risk of meeting the women of the family.

B.   Any Islamic art seeking to portray the meaning and essence of things, rather than just their physical form.

C.   Complex geometric designs create the impression of unending repetition.

D.   An Arabic poem honoring the Prophet Muhammad. The name means 'poem of the mantle' or 'of the cloak'.

A.   613

B.   one

C.   none

D.   10