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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jesus send Peter and John to Jerusalem?
(a) To help prepare David's throne for Jesus's ascension.
(b) To try to enlist the help of the Israelites there.
(c) To confirm Passover plans.
(d) To spread his teachings to the people of Jerusalem.

2. Why does Jerusalem stink?
(a) Because of the bodies that haven't been buried yet.
(b) Because of the blood from all the sacrifices performed there.
(c) Because there are too many people living in close quarters with poor sanitation.
(d) Because of the livestock and fish in the market.

3. Why does Judas get angry with Jesus in Cana?
(a) He refuses to fight back to save himself.
(b) He is not assertive enough.
(c) He has wasted help on an enemy.
(d) He is preaching about the wrong things.

4. What does Jesus request of Judas before entering Pilate's palace?
(a) He asks Judas to be ready in case things go wrong.
(b) He asks Judas to pretend he doesn't know him.
(c) He asks Judas not to help him.
(d) He asks Judas to present his case to Pilate.

5. Who joins Jesus's group of disciples in Chapter 21?
(a) Matthew and Thomas.
(b) Philip and Matthew.
(c) Nathaniel and Philip.
(d) Thomas and Nathaniel.

6. How do Annas and Caiaphas feel about Jesus, after meeting him for the first time?
(a) He might be the true Messiah.
(b) He is delusional, and possibly insane.
(c) He is harmless to the Roman government.
(d) He is a revolutionary, and a threat to the Roman government.

7. What happens to Simeon shortly before Passover?
(a) He dies.
(b) He is accused of treason.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He is accused of blasphemy.

8. Who beheads John the Baptist?
(a) Caiaphas.
(b) Herod.
(c) Barabbas.
(d) Pilate.

9. How does Judas respond when Jesus tells him that he is the lamb to be led to slaughter?
(a) He is unable to believe Jesus, until Simeon agrees with him.
(b) He worries for Jesus's sanity, and wonders if people calling him Messiah has gone to his head.
(c) He demands that the Romans be slaughtered, and the Messiah seated on David's throne.
(d) He disagrees with Jesus, and encourages him to do all he can to act in opposition to the prophecy.

10. What does Jesus want to do with the existing Laws?
(a) Keep them the way they are.
(b) Expand them.
(c) Jesus doesn't concern himself with worldly Laws.
(d) Abolish them.

11. Who is Matthew when Jesus meets him?
(a) A hated customs officer.
(b) A poor fisherman.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) A Roman emissary.

12. In Chapter 21, what happens to Jesus's mother as a result of her wailing?
(a) She is beaten.
(b) She is slapped.
(c) She is dragged away.
(d) She is disowned.

13. What are Alpha and Omega?
(a) Terms for Jesus's birth and his death.
(b) A reference to seven angels who, supposedly, will descend from Heaven to destroy the Earth and open the Abyss.
(c) Nicknames for two of Jesus's disciples.
(d) A reference to Creation and Armageddon.

14. How does Pilate feel about Jesus, after meeting him for the first time?
(a) He is harmless to the Roman government.
(b) He might be the true Messiah.
(c) He is a revolutionary, and a threat to the Roman government.
(d) He is delusional, and possibly insane.

15. What is the subject of the parable that Jesus tells Zebedee?
(a) A poor man who splits his crust of bread with a beggar and becomes rich.
(b) A poor man who is rich in God's love.
(c) A fisherman who gives his first catch of the day to a beggar.
(d) A rich man, whose wealth vanishes when he dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesus cry out, as he faints, at the end of Chapter 29?

2. Who does Jesus heal in Cana?

3. How does Zebedee view Jesus and his disciples when they arrive at Capernaum for the second time?

4. Which of Jesus's disciples wants to return to Galilee, while they are all hiding in Jerusalem?

5. How does Matthew respond when Peter tells him about his dream?

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