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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jesus commit sins?
(a) To better relate to his followers, because they too are sinners.
(b) To convince his followers that he is unworthy of being the Messiah.
(c) To make God detest him.
(d) Because he is human, and therefore imperfect.

2. Why does Jesus leave home in Chapter 6?
(a) He wants to get away from God's persistent commands.
(b) God gently tells him to do so.
(c) He thinks it will displease God.
(d) He wants to make things easier for his mother and father.

3. Why does the old woman feed Jesus?
(a) She knows that he is the Messiah.
(b) She knows that there is something special about him.
(c) She is afraid of what he might do if she doesn't feed him.
(d) She is embittered that the monastery took her son.

4. Why is Abbot Joachim starving himself to death?
(a) To provoke the Romans.
(b) To convince his followers to give up their material possessions.
(c) To bring Israel's grievances to the attention of God.
(d) To incite the Israelites to retaliate against the Romans.

5. What did the clawing sensation stop Jesus from doing when he was twenty years old?
(a) Traveling to Golgotha.
(b) Leaving his mother's house.
(c) Turning his back on his disciples.
(d) Proposing to Mary Magdalene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person to be executed in the novel?

2. What is the rabbi's usual cry to God?

3. What does Simeon wonder about Jesus when they are at the monastery together?

4. How does Mary Magdalene feel about God?

5. What does Jesus's visitor try to persuade him to do in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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