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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jesus's defense to save himself from God hunting him?
(a) Helping his disciples to see him as human.
(b) Doing what he can to keep the Romans out of Nazareth.
(c) Hiding himself in the monastery.
(d) Committing every conceivable sin to make God detest him.

2. What does Jesus's quiet and elusive nature make Jacob suspect about him?
(a) He is ashamed to be in Magdala.
(b) He has something to hide.
(c) He is a Roman spy.
(d) He is too timid to be the Messiah.

3. Why is Jesus's mother embarrassed when the cross is hoisted for the first execution in the novel?
(a) The crowd taunts Jesus for making the cross.
(b) Jesus is too weak to hoist the cross.
(c) The cross Jesus made tilts.
(d) The man who is to be executed spits on Jesus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Barabbas planning on doing in Chapter 1?

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

3. What did the clawing sensation stop Jesus from doing when he was twenty years old?

4. What does Jesus do when he has an obscene dream after seeing Mary Magdalene?

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

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