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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. What do the other slaves in the mill wear?

2. Why does the one-eyed slave wear a wooden frame around his neck?

3. What religious philosophy does the overseer have?

4. How does Eliahu die?

5. Where does the blind man sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What about Barabbas amazes Sahak?

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

3. How does the governor view Barabbas?

4. Why does the true believer cast the first stone at the hare-lipped girl?

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

6. What is Barabbas reaction to the true believer's action during the stoning?

7. What does Barabbas do after burying the hare-lipped girl?

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 is Eliahu's relationship to Barabbas?

10. Describe the hare-lipped girl's burial.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How do the characters at the fat woman's house rationalize the miracles Barabbas saw on Golgotha? How does their rationalization affect his character? What other miracles does Barabbas rationalize and what effect did his rationalization have on his character development?

Essay Topic 3

How does the news of the impending persecution of the Christians affect the characters in the low-vaulted room? Describe the forms of persecution the Christians in the novel face. How do they react to their persecutions? What effect do their persecutions and reactions have on Barabbas?

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