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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 6, Jesus leaves home to do what?
(a) Visit Mary Magdalene.
(b) Enter a desert monastery.
(c) Face Barabbas in Golgotha.
(d) Make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

5. What does Nathaniel want Jesus to do for him in Magdala?
(a) Convince Mary Magdalene to leave her life of sin.
(b) Help him to smuggle Mary Magdalene out of Magdala.
(c) Bless his nephew's wedding.
(d) Preach to his group of friends and relatives.

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

7. Who orders Barabbas to leave?
(a) Salome.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Zebedee.
(d) Judas.

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

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

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

11. Why do the poor look to Jesus in Capernaum?
(a) They are afraid of Zebedee.
(b) They are cold.
(c) They are afraid of the Romans.
(d) They are hungry.

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

13. Who pronounces Abbot Joachim dead?
(a) John.
(b) Habakkuk.
(c) Simeon.
(d) Peter.

14. 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.

15. What is the subject of the parable Jesus tells the poor on the hill in Capernaum?
(a) A seed, falling into different kinds of soil.
(b) A man who is cold and burns down his house trying to warm himself.
(c) A poor man who gives his last crust of bread to someone else, and then becomes rich.
(d) A man who is wealthy on Earth, but goes to Hell when he dies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Jesus think the animals have come from?

3. Why does Philip want to murder Jesus?

4. What does the rabbi ask Jesus in Chapter 11?

5. Who takes over carrying the cross that Jesus built, when Jesus becomes tired?

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