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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Matthew say Jesus escaped from as a child?
(a) Pilate.
(b) Herod.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Joseph.

3. What country did Gnaeaus Julius Agricola govern between 77 and 84 C.E.?
(a) Germany.
(b) Norway.
(c) Britain.
(d) Spain.

4. Why did Herod have a grudge against John the Baptist?
(a) He told him his family descended from the lower classes.
(b) He told him it was wrong to have his brother's wife.
(c) He told him it was wrong to keep slaves.
(d) He told him he was a boring, humorless man.

5. What was Athronges' occupation?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Shepherd.
(c) Actor.
(d) Priest.

6. What did Bishop Butler say probability is the guide of?
(a) Religion.
(b) Politics.
(c) Life.
(d) Hate.

7. Who does the author claim inspired Jesus' teachings?
(a) Luke.
(b) John the Baptist.
(c) God.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

8. What do Matthew and Luke both agree on in their testaments?
(a) Jesus rising from the dead.
(b) Jesus walking upon water.
(c) Jesus escaped to Egypt.
(d) The virginial conception of Jesus.

9. What was the name of Celsus' book that attacked religion?
(a) Karma Down.
(b) Free the People.
(c) True Doctrine.
(d) One God No Way.

10. Who does Celus claim was Jesus' legitimate father?
(a) A Roman soldier.
(b) John the Baptist.
(c) A Roman politician.
(d) An African slave.

11. What is the name of the Jerusalem man the author calls righteous and devout?
(a) David.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Simeon.
(d) Samuel.

12. Who ruled Judea from 37 to 4 B.C.E?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Herod.
(c) David.
(d) Josephus.

13. Who did John the Baptist call the Lamb of God?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Mark.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Luke.

14. In which country was the gospel of Thomas found?
(a) Israel.
(b) France.
(c) Egypt.
(d) England.

15. What was Josephus in charge of in the First Roman-Jewish war?
(a) The blacksmiths.
(b) The zealots.
(c) The revolt in Galilee.
(d) The revolt in Bethlehem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Homer's book that talks about waging war abroad?

2. Who helped Moses lead the Israelites out of the desert?

3. Complete the following sentence from Virgil's poem the Aenei: "Roman, remember by your strength to..."

4. What is the title of Part Three?

5. Which of Jesus' ideas does the author call profoundly radical?

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