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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Simeon wonder about Jesus when they are at the monastery together?
(a) What signals Jesus receives from God.
(b) What hidden pain devours Jesus.
(c) Why Jesus doesn't marry Mary Magdalene.
(d) When Jesus began thinking that he might be the Messiah.

6. What does Jesus's visitor try to persuade him to do in Chapter 1?
(a) To go to the desert monastery.
(b) To propose to Mary Magdalene.
(c) To not provide a cross for that day's execution.
(d) To leave his mother's house for Jerusalem.

7. Where do the ten fishermen work?
(a) Magdala.
(b) Nazareth.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Capernaum.

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

9. Why is Philip afraid to take Judas's side in his argument with Zebedee?
(a) He doesn't trust Judas.
(b) He is afraid to associate himself with Judas and Jesus.
(c) Zebedee is his employer.
(d) He thinks that Judas is cursed.

10. Jacob sees Jesus in Magdala, and mentally compares him to whom?
(a) Moses.
(b) Judas.
(c) Zebedee.
(d) Elijah.

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

12. What does the crowd do to taunt Jesus in Chapter 1?
(a) They throw small stones at him.
(b) They call his mother names.
(c) They call him a "cross-maker."
(d) They call Mary Magdalene a "slut."

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

14. What does Mary Magdalene dare Jesus to admit?
(a) He is afraid to leave his mother's house.
(b) He is not the Messiah.
(c) Fear drives him into the desert.
(d) He loves her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Simeon respond when Jesus tells him about his dreams?

2. What does Simeon tell Jesus's mother, in regard to her son?

3. What is Jesus unable to vanquish?

4. Why does Jacob resist when Barabbas drags Mary Magdalene out?

5. What do Judas and Zebedee clash over?

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