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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. Who knocks down the man who tried to threaten the boys with punishment?

2. What does Biff want Joshua to do when they are trying to decide what they will do as adults?

3. What does Joshua's father do for a living, so it is generally expected he will do the same thing?

4. Who has sex with a prostitute in order to try to explain sex to another character in the story?

5. Who demands that the captain treat the boys fairly, frightening the captain out of his wits?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Biff and Joshua do in order to shorten their trip to Antioch?

2. What is Joshua's reaction to the statue of Venus they find at the gate of Sepphoris?

3. What is the honest mistake that Biff makes when he is tipping the room service?

4. Who is being accused of knifing the Roman legionnaire, even though he was not the guilty person?

5. What does Biff claim to have invented, which was then named by Bart, though Joshua does not understand this?

6. What reduces Mary's credibility in her talking about the virgin birth of Joshua, according to Biff's storytelling?

7. What does Biff do in order to try to see Maggie, though this is not a successful idea?

8. What happens when Joshua's attempts to save a thief from death fail after the thief is resurrected once?

9. What did Joshua know how to do as a young child growing up in Nazareth?

10. In Jerusalem, Biff and Joshua come upon John the Baptist. What is John doing when they first see him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Romans have an interested outlook on religion in this story, allowing for the monotheism of Judaism as long as the Jews pay taxes.

Part 1: Why do you think the Romans thought taxes were more important to have than one single religious movements in the lands?

Part 2: How might conflicting religious thought within a country cause the people who live in that country to act?

Part 3: Do you think it's better to have people do what they want or for the government to dictate what the people should think? Why?

Essay Topic 2

At times, one could say that Moore might be going too far with the things he is including in this story - i.e. the story of circumcising Apollo.

Part 1: Do you think Moore takes the story too far with some of the slang and crass humor? Why or why not?

Part 2: Is there value in pushing the humor of the story a bit too far? Explain your response.

Part 3: At any point were you offended by the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Christian faith is built upon the content of the Bible, and LAMB seems to add more dimension to the stories Christians already know.

Part 1: How does speculating about the content of the Bible cause a person's faith to be altered?

Part 2: Do you think it's "right" to guess about events which surround the Bible? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think a person will feel closer to the people of the Bible after reading LAMB ? Why or why not?

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