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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After hearing what Jesus says to Simeon, what does Jesus's mother do?
(a) She screams "Adonai!"
(b) She falls, weeping, into Joseph's arms.
(c) She collapses.
(d) She slaps Jesus.

2. What is Abbot Joachim's last speech about?
(a) God's loving and forgiving nature.
(b) The imminent arrival of the Messiah.
(c) Reasons why the Israelites should rise up against the Romans.
(d) Freedom, slavery, and liberation.

3. What does Simeon reveal to reassure the people?
(a) God has assured him that he will live to see the Messiah.
(b) Jesus is the Messiah.
(c) Jerusalem will be restored to its former glory.
(d) The Israelites will be successful in their revolt against the Romans.

4. What does Simeon tell Jesus's mother, in regard to her son?
(a) He will have a very difficult life, because he is the Messiah.
(b) She must resign herself to the fact that Jesus will die young.
(c) He is unsure whether Jesus is suited to the role of being the Messiah.
(d) It is God that torments him, not a demon, so there can be no exorcism.

5. What does Simeon say to the men who move to block Jesus's path, as he carries the cross he built?
(a) He says nothing.
(b) He threatens them.
(c) He tells them not to impede God's will.
(d) He encourages them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesus flee from, in Jerusalem's temple?

2. What is the subject of Jesus's earliest dream?

3. How does Mary Magdalene feel about God?

4. What does Nathaniel want Jesus to do for him in Magdala?

5. Who keeps Philip from murdering Jesus?

(see the answer key)

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