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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Biff invite along on a prank he and Joshua are going to play on a statue of Apollo?
(a) Maggie
(b) Moses
(c) Peter
(d) Joseph

2. The Romans have restricted __________ after the attack on the legionnaire the previous night.
(a) Food
(b) Water
(c) Access
(d) Stone

3. The person from #46's answer wants a statue of the well-endowed ______________ to be set in place.
(a) Apollo
(b) Zeus
(c) Mercury
(d) David

4. ______________ sarcastically lets out a few statements about how great the work is that they are doing.
(a) Biff
(b) Peter
(c) Justus
(d) Joshua

5. Following tradition, many Jews congregate at _______ for Passover, including the boys, their families, and Maggie.
(a) Nazareth
(b) Bethlehem
(c) Jerusalem
(d) Constantinople

6. Biff jokes about becoming a professional _______________ and bids Maggie farewell.
(a) Writer
(b) Mourner
(c) Wrestler
(d) Martyr

7. Joshua and Biff hire on a ship to shorten their trip to ______________, though they are charged for the trip and still have to work.
(a) India
(b) Antioch
(c) China
(d) Jerusalem

8. What are the boys going to do to the statue of Apollo when they are out on their prank?
(a) Tip it over
(b) Break it
(c) Circumcise it
(d) Draw on it

9. What does Biff's father do for a living, so it is generally expected he will do the same thing?
(a) Carpenter
(b) Blacksmith
(c) Stonecutter
(d) Tax collector

10. Who shows the others that the snake in the town is not possessed by a demon by holding their hand up to it?
(a) Biff
(b) Joshua
(c) Joseph
(d) Maggie

11. While everyone else fears God and Rom, Joshua fears ______________.
(a) Judas
(b) Women
(c) Nothing
(d) The Devil

12. Joshua tells Maggie he will make her a _________ of men, though she does not understand what this means.
(a) Partner
(b) Lover
(c) Fisher
(d) Goddess

13. ___________ tells the children about the fact that Rome only has two rules everyone must follow.
(a) Gaius
(b) Judas
(c) Peter
(d) Jakan

14. What is the name Biff gives to the rebellious Jews who try to cause trouble for the Romans?
(a) Martyrs
(b) Fools
(c) Zealots
(d) Christians

15. Who does Joshua blind in a fit of rage after raising a thief from the dead once, only to have him be killed again?
(a) Biff
(b) Peter
(c) A guard
(d) John

Short Answer Questions

1. Biff's father talks with the ____________ who has hired him to build the house where the stonecutting takes place.

2. What does Biff compare the Old Testament of the Bible to, noting it is very similar?

3. Who knifes the Roman to death, just as the Roman is about to come after the child pranksters?

4. What does Joshua do as everyone is standing around the grave of the deceased Roman?

5. _____________ can not experience sex firsthand, so he asks for details to be explained to him.

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