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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, A Kingdom of Nuisances and Nobodies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete the following title: "From Fasting to..."
(a) Baptism.
(b) Feasting.
(c) Fun.
(d) Love in.

2. What does Virgil say clothes the lambs as the graze?
(a) Wool.
(b) Vermilion.
(c) Angel dust.
(d) Gold dust.

3. Which two disciples were the only ones to give an account of Jesus's birth and early years?
(a) Mark and John.
(b) Peter and Simon.
(c) Jacob and Paul.
(d) Matthew and Luke.

4. What sea does the author describe as cruel and beautiful?
(a) The Dead Sea.
(b) The Indian Sea.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) The North Sea.

5. What subject does the author say history is more complex than?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Geography.
(c) Language.
(d) Physics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ruled Judea from 37 to 4 B.C.E?

2. What do Matthew and Luke both agree on in their testaments?

3. What aristocratic Jewish historian does the author draw on to examine the Greco-Roman period?

4. What word does the author use to describe Jesus' style of preaching?

5. How does Matthew say Joseph responded to hearing that his wife was pregnant?

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