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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Phasael kill himself?
(a) He threw his head on a rock.
(b) He slit his throat.
(c) He drowned himself.
(d) He hung himself.

2. What country did King Agrippa rule?
(a) Rome.
(b) Gaul.
(c) Arabia.
(d) Trachonitis.

3. How long did Alexander stay in power?
(a) 29 years.
(b) 26 years.
(c) 28 years.
(d) 27 years.

4. What was Caesaria used as?
(a) The Roman headquarters for the Arab provinces.
(b) The Roman headquarters for the Syrian provinces.
(c) The Roman headquarters for the Jewish provinces.
(d) The Roman headquarters for the Gaul provinces.

5. When did the Jewish war break out according to Flavius Josephus?
(a) In Nero's 13th year of reign.
(b) In Nero's 14th year of reign.
(c) In Nero's 15th year of reign.
(d) In Nero's 12th year of reign.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose son was John the bandit?

2. How did Joseph die, in Section 2?

3. Where did Antipas found Tiberias?

4. Where did Flavius Josephus retreat when the Romans invaded Galilee?

5. What was Flavius Josephus trained to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the soldiers who surrounded the Jews demand, in Section 3?

2. Who was Aristobulus, and who did he imprison, according to Section 2?

3. What did King Agrippa do when Vespasian arrived?

4. Where did Josephus seek refuge and why?

5. What did King Agrippa say about God, according to Section 4?

6. Why did Josephus enter Jotapata?

7. What did Josephus, Governor of Galilee, do after he agreed to meet the most angry people, according to Section 5?

8. What city did Vespasian plan to invade and what did he use during the invasion?

9. What did Antigonus do to Hyrcanus?

10. Who was Hyrcanus, and why was he killed?

(see the answer keys)

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