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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Abbot Joachim's response when he meets Jesus?
(a) He is unconscious, and Jesus is unable to wake him.
(b) He looks hopeful, but is convinced by Jesus's conversation that he is not the Messiah.
(c) He looks blissful and says, "You've come."
(d) He screams "Adonai!" and faints.

3. When does the clawing sensation occur for Jesus?
(a) Whenever something bad happens to one of his disciples.
(b) Whenever he is in close proximity to the Devil.
(c) Whenever he has committed a sin.
(d) Whenever he feels pleasure.

4. What does Jesus tell Simeon when he arrives home and finds Simeon there?
(a) Jesus tells Simeon to get out of his house.
(b) Jesus tells Simeon that he defies God's will for his mother's sake.
(c) Jesus tells Simeon that he will resist God until he dies.
(d) Jesus tells Simeon that he is not the Messiah.

5. What does Jesus wonder about his dreams?
(a) Whether it is God or the Devil who visits him.
(b) Why he has them.
(c) Whether he is really the Chosen One.
(d) What he has to do to make them stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the old woman feed Jesus?

2. Why does Jesus think Magdalene prostitutes herself?

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

4. What is Jesus unable to vanquish?

5. Why is Jesus's mother embarrassed when the cross is hoisted for the first execution in the novel?

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