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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jesus commit sins?
(a) To better relate to his followers, because they too are sinners.
(b) To convince his followers that he is unworthy of being the Messiah.
(c) To make God detest him.
(d) Because he is human, and therefore imperfect.

2. Who is helping Barabbas, in Chapter 1?
(a) Zebedee and his workers.
(b) Jesus and his disciples.
(c) The Israelites.
(d) The Zealots.

3. What does Jesus's visitor try to persuade him to do in Chapter 1?
(a) To propose to Mary Magdalene.
(b) To go to the desert monastery.
(c) To leave his mother's house for Jerusalem.
(d) To not provide a cross for that day's execution.

4. 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 slaps Jesus.
(d) She collapses.

5. What did the clawing sensation stop Jesus from doing when he was twenty years old?
(a) Traveling to Golgotha.
(b) Proposing to Mary Magdalene.
(c) Turning his back on his disciples.
(d) Leaving his mother's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person to be executed in the novel?

2. What does Mary want Simeon to explain to her when he visits?

3. What does Jesus's mother recall as he passes her, carrying the cross that he built?

4. What does Jesus believe about the Messiah?

5. Jesus realizes that the central figure in all of his dreams is __________.

(see the answer key)

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