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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 is John sent to Nazareth?
(a) To get Jesus to save Abbot Joachim.
(b) To get Simeon.
(c) To obtain Jesus's blessing.
(d) To tell everyone that Abbot Joachim is dead.

2. Why does Jesus think Magdalene prostitutes herself?
(a) She has no other skills with which to support herself.
(b) When they were three years old they played together naked.
(c) She wants to hurt Jesus for not marrying her.
(d) He wasn't able to marry and support her.

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

4. Who takes over carrying the cross that Jesus built, when Jesus becomes tired?
(a) Judas.
(b) Peter.
(c) Thomas.
(d) John.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary Magdalene feel about God?

2. What does Simeon say to the men who move to block Jesus's path, as he carries the cross he built?

3. What happens to Jesus in his dreams?

4. Jacob sees Jesus in Magdala, and mentally compares him to whom?

5. Who summons the monks to hear Abbot Joachim's last words?

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