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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 does Jesus's visitor try to persuade him to do in Chapter 1?
(a) To propose to Mary Magdalene.
(b) To leave his mother's house for Jerusalem.
(c) To not provide a cross for that day's execution.
(d) To go to the desert monastery.

2. How does Simeon respond when Jesus tells him about his dreams?
(a) He agrees with Jesus.
(b) He looks at Jesus, shocked.
(c) He leaves, without saying anything else to Jesus.
(d) He scoffs at Jesus.

3. What does Mary want Simeon to explain to her when he visits?
(a) Why God is forcing Jesus to do things he doesn't want to do.
(b) Why a white dove has climbed onto her knees.
(c) Why she was chosen to give birth to Jesus.
(d) Why Jesus has been chosen as the Messiah.

4. What does Simeon tell Jesus's mother, in regard to her son?
(a) He is unsure whether Jesus is suited to the role of being the Messiah.
(b) It is God that torments him, not a demon, so there can be no exorcism.
(c) He will have a very difficult life, because he is the Messiah.
(d) She must resign herself to the fact that Jesus will die young.

5. Simeon advises Jesus to do what, because it often drives out demons?
(a) Be exorcised.
(b) Get married.
(c) Make a pilgrimage.
(d) Get baptized.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jerusalem stink?

2. Why does Simeon rebuke Jesus after the Abbot's funeral?

3. Who brings news of the beheading of John the Baptist?

4. What is the subject of the parable Jesus tells the poor on the hill in Capernaum?

5. What kind of invisible animal does Jesus feel sinking its claws into his skull?

(see the answer key)

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