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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will happen if Herod hears of John the Baptist's last words?
(a) Jesus and his followers will be beheaded.
(b) He will repent for killing John the Baptist.
(c) A revolt against the Romans will occur.
(d) He may be converted into a follower of Jesus.

2. What do the monks want Jesus to do?
(a) To help them spread their message.
(b) To lead a revolt against the Romans.
(c) To become their Abbot.
(d) To live in the desert monastery with them.

3. After hearing what Jesus says to Simeon, what does Jesus's mother do?
(a) She slaps Jesus.
(b) She falls, weeping, into Joseph's arms.
(c) She screams "Adonai!"
(d) She collapses.

4. What does Jesus's mother recall as he passes her, carrying the cross that he built?
(a) The visitors that brought him gifts when he was young.
(b) A message that was delivered to her by God.
(c) Happy memories of his childhood.
(d) The moment of his birth.

5. What does Jesus tell Simeon he dreams of doing?
(a) Dying and ascending to Heaven.
(b) Leaving Nazareth and starting over somewhere that no one knows him.
(c) Marrying Mary Magdalene and having a normal life.
(d) Becoming the Son of God and God himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrew call Jesus?

2. What does Simeon reveal to reassure the people?

3. Why does Jacob resist when Barabbas drags Mary Magdalene out?

4. What is Abbot Joachim's last speech about?

5. How does Jesus's mother look at him when he struggles and falls under the weight of the cross he built?

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