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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the men doing in Zebedee's yard at the beginning of autumn?
(a) Processing grapes into wine.
(b) Cleaning fish and preparing them for market.
(c) Building a boat.
(d) Shaving the wool from his sheep.

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

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

4. What kind of invisible animal does Jesus feel sinking its claws into his skull?
(a) An owl.
(b) A dove.
(c) A falcon.
(d) A vulture.

5. What is the rabbi's usual cry to God?
(a) "My master!"
(b) "Sanctuary!"
(c) "How long?"
(d) "What would you have me do?"

6. Why is Mary Magdalene being chased, by a mob, to Capernaum?
(a) She refused Barabbas's advances.
(b) They know of her affiliation with Jesus.
(c) Barabbas caught her "working" on the Sabbath.
(d) They think she is a Roman spy.

7. What does Jesus say to the mob that wants to stone Mary Magdalene?
(a) Only one who is sinless may throw the first stone.
(b) They cannot stone her without first conducting a fair trial.
(c) If they want to stone her, they will have to stone him as well.
(d) Working on the Sabbath is not a sin worthy of a stoning.

8. Jesus angers Judas when he talks about what?
(a) Pitying all of Creation.
(b) Allowing himself to be crucified.
(c) Living in peace with the Romans.
(d) Being the Messiah.

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

10. What does Jesus's mother recall as he passes her, carrying the cross that he built?
(a) A message that was delivered to her by God.
(b) The moment of his birth.
(c) Happy memories of his childhood.
(d) The visitors that brought him gifts when he was young.

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

12. What does Jesus do when he is slapped?
(a) Slaps the person back.
(b) Reminds the person of God's swift retribution.
(c) Ignores the slap completely.
(d) Offers his other cheek.

13. Why does Philip want to murder Jesus?
(a) Philip is in love with Mary Magdalene.
(b) Philip despises Jesus's father.
(c) Jesus is a cross-maker.
(d) Philip does not believe that Jesus is the Messiah.

14. What happens to Jesus in his dreams?
(a) He is crucified.
(b) He rises to Heaven.
(c) He is sent to Hell.
(d) He is pursued as "The One."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesus tell Simeon he dreams of doing?

2. How does Mary Magdalene feel about God?

3. What does Jesus wonder about his dreams?

4. Why do the poor look to Jesus in Capernaum?

5. What do the monks want Jesus to do?

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