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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jesus feel when he reads what Matthew has written?
(a) He finds it full of lies, but he accepts that it may be God's higher truth.
(b) He feels that it is closely in accordance with the truth.
(c) He knows it is false, but he likes it better than the truth.
(d) He is angry at Matthew and blames him for writing an inaccurate account.

2. What happens when Jesus sheds his robe and steps into the water without repenting?
(a) The Spirit of the Jordan rises.
(b) The fish dance.
(c) The birds proclaim him to be the Son of God.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. Why does Pilate initially refuse to be provoked into crucifying Jesus?
(a) He is afraid of retaliation from the Jewish people.
(b) He doesn't want Jesus to become a martyr.
(c) He doesn't believe in crucifixion.
(d) He is afraid that he will be reprimanded by the Roman government.

4. How is Nathaniel welcomed into the group of Jesus's disciples?
(a) Without any ritual whatsoever.
(b) With bread and wine.
(c) By being baptised.
(d) By kissing Jesus's feet and swearing allegiance to him.

5. What does Mary Magdalene give to Jesus and his disciples to refresh them?
(a) Water with lemon.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Goat's milk.
(d) Pomegranates.

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

7. At the paschal meal, what does Jacob vow to do?
(a) To establish a new order, in Jesus's name.
(b) To do everything in his power to prevent Jesus's execution.
(c) To care for and protect Jesus's mother and Mary Magdalene.
(d) To exact revenge on his murderers.

8. What is the subject of Jesus's earliest dream?
(a) Seeing his mother's face surrounded by light.
(b) His birth.
(c) God and Satan clashing over him.
(d) Being suckled by a lioness.

9. What does Jesus fear as Spring approaches?
(a) Being unable to carry out his mission.
(b) Last-minute cowardice.
(c) Being sentenced to death.
(d) Losing the faith of his followers.

10. When Jesus talks about the Kingdom of Heaven, what is Zebedee's response?
(a) He pays attention, and asks intelligent questions.
(b) He is silent and thoughtful.
(c) He becomes fearful, and asks Jesus what he has to do.
(d) He banters with Jesus about doing very well in this Kingdom of Heaven.

11. What happens to Lazarus on the road to Barabbas?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He is robbed.
(c) He is murdered.
(d) He is injured.

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

13. 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 disagrees with Jesus, and encourages him to do all he can to act in opposition to the prophecy.
(c) He demands that the Romans be slaughtered, and the Messiah seated on David's throne.
(d) He worries for Jesus's sanity, and wonders if people calling him Messiah has gone to his head.

14. Jesus sees a vision of what animal stomping on Babylon, Jerusalem, Alexandria and Rome?
(a) A lion.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A wild horse.
(d) A cougar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John the Baptist's opinion of Jesus?

2. The man Jesus heals in Cana wants Jesus's help with _______.

3. What does the snake, with the head of a woman, try to convince Jesus to do?

4. What does Peter see on Jesus's forehead as he describes his time in the desert?

5. What does Jesus flee from, in Jerusalem's temple?

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