HOW GOOD IS YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY?
1. According to historian Leonard Hayflick, life expectancy before Jesus Christ was born was:
a) 18 yearsb) 27 yearsc) 43 yearsd) 51 years
2. When David fled from Saul to the land of the Philistines with his 600 men, how did they sustain themselves and their families?
a)By raiding Philistine villages, killing everyone and stealing their goods.
b)By praying and trusting God for their provisions
c)By helping the Philistines care for their flocks and harvest their crops.
3. Who did most of the work building the Temple in Jerusalem and all of Solomon’s palaces?
a) Syrian workers b) Hebrew workers c) Both Syrian and Hebrew workers d) Slaves
4. The prophet Isaiah had a serious specific complaint about life in the city of Jerusalem. Was it
a) Complete lack of sanitation?
b) Crowded housing conditions?
c) The city officials were murderers?
5. How many slaves were there in the Roman Empire?
a) Noneb) 500,000 c) 10 million d) 60 million
6. What were Lazarhouses and who began them?
a) Prisons for lepers begun by the Roman army.
b) Funeral parlors begun by early Christians.
c) Homes for lepers begun by The Order of Lazarus during the Reformation period.
7. Martin Luther is well known for his encouraging councilmen in all of the cities of Germany to
a) Make Sundays a legal holiday so workers could worship.
b) Build libraries
c) Set apart land for the erection of Lutheran Churches
d) Encourage their people to drink a little beer for their health’s sake.
8. What did all of the following have in common at the time of the American Revolution?
The University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Yale University,
Dartmouth College, as well as Princeton, Brown, Rutgers,
Columbia Universities, and the College of William and Mary
9. American Educator, Alfred North Whitehead at Harvard University made which of the following claims in the 1925 “Lowell Lectures” entitled, “Science and the Modern World”.
a) The Church has greatly hindered the advance of civilization.
b) The study of Science will lead us into all truth and to world peace.
c) Christianity is the mother of Science.
d) Science and the Bible are incompatible.
10. In what decade were each of the following organizations begun? i.e. 1800-10, 1810-20,
1900-10, 1920-30 etc.
a)______ World Visione)_____Promise Keepers
b)______ Wycliffe Bible Translatorsf)_____ Urbana Missions Conferences
c)______ Prison Fellowshipg)_____ Trans World Radio
d)______ Campus Crusade for Christ
11. The founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, the late Bill Bright made which of the following
comments about our generation:
a) We are witnessing the greatest falling away from Biblical truth in history.
b) We are witnessing the greatest spiritual harvest of all time.
c) We are witnessing the greatest political upheavals ever recorded in history.
The answer to all of the above questions and much other encouraging information can be found in the newly published book, THE KINGDOM THAT IS TRANSFORMING THE WORLD by Grove Armstrong.
The answers are also posted on his web site: grovearmstrong.org
The book can be purchased at www.livingwater-books.com for $14.95. All of the profits from books go to Missions.
