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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter see on Jesus's forehead as he describes his time in the desert?
(a) A crown of thorns.
(b) A cross of white light.
(c) Hornlike flames.
(d) Claw marks.

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

3. 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 is angry at Matthew and blames him for writing an inaccurate account.
(c) He knows it is false, but he likes it better than the truth.
(d) He feels that it is closely in accordance with the truth.

4. During their first meeting, what does Pilate urge Jesus to do?
(a) Keep a lower profile.
(b) Return to Galilee.
(c) Stop preaching.
(d) Make some friends in the Roman government.

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

6. Which of Jesus's disciples wants to return to Galilee, while they are all hiding in Jerusalem?
(a) Peter.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Judas.
(d) Thomas.

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

8. When talking to Pilate, Jesus compares Rome to ____________.
(a) A giant clay statue.
(b) A giant bird of prey.
(c) A vast ocean.
(d) A circus.

9. What promise does Jesus make to Judas, after his first meeting with Pilate?
(a) He will not allow the Romans to remain in power over Israel.
(b) He will return, three days after his death, to judge all.
(c) He will oversee the rebuilding of Jerusalem.
(d) He will leave Judas, as his most trusted disciple, to continue Jesus's teachings after his death.

10. What is Jesus's response to Jacob's vow at the paschal meal?
(a) He is ambivalent.
(b) He is proud of Jacob.
(c) He is touched by the sentiment.
(d) He is appalled.

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

12. Who washes Jesus's feet with perfume?
(a) Mary.
(b) Simeon.
(c) Judas.
(d) Mary Magdalene.

13. Where does Jesus revive after the incident in Jerusalem's temple?
(a) Galilee.
(b) Nazareth.
(c) Capernaum.
(d) Gethsemane.

14. Andrew compares John the Baptist to whom?
(a) Moses.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Peter.
(d) Jesus.

15. What does Jesus cry out, as he faints, at the end of Chapter 29?
(a) "Adonai."
(b) "Judas."
(c) "Mary."
(d) "Eli."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Judas respond when Jesus tells him that he is the lamb to be led to slaughter?

2. Peter dreams about Jesus _______.

3. What animal tells Jesus that the doors to Heaven and Hell are adjacent and identical?

4. At the paschal meal, what does Jacob vow to do?

5. Who insists that the disciples stay in Jerusalem and protect Jesus, instead of returning to Galilee?

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