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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the body of the murder victim discovered?

2. What secret about Eliahu does no one know?

3. What mark does Eliahu's attack leave on Barabbas?

4. Who releases Barabbas and Sahak from the mines?

5. Which spirit do the thieve believe might have possessed Barabbas and killed him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation does Barabbas give the governor for the inscription on the back of his medallion?

2. How does the governor view Barabbas?

3. What is Eliahu's relationship to Barabbas?

4. What heresy does the blind man accuse the hare-lipped girl of spreading?

5. What about Barabbas amazes Sahak?

6. To what do the thieves attribute Barabbas's odd behavior?

7. After his initial whipping, what does Barabbas do while Sahak prays?

8. Where might Barabbas might have been between the time that he left the thieves and when he was in the copper mines?

9. What does Barabbas do with the hare-lipped girl's body?

10. What is special about the inscription on the back of Sahak's slave medallion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does betrayal play in the novel? Which characters betray others and why? Which characters are betrayed and why? What role does guilt play in relationship to betrayal in the novel. How do the themes of betrayal and guilt affect Barabbas' character?

Essay Topic 2

What type of reception does Barabbas receive from the Christians in Jerusalem? What is the reason for that reception? Why might Barabbas continue to seek out the Christians? What is the result of his persistence?

Essay Topic 3

What is the Christian philosophy that the hare-lipped girl describes to Barabbas? How does that philosophy affect her life and the lives of the other Christians? How does it affect Barabbas's life? How does the behavior of the Christians in Jerusalem affect Barabbas's view of their philosophy?

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