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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After hearing what Jesus says to Simeon, what does Jesus's mother do?
(a) She collapses.
(b) She slaps Jesus.
(c) She screams "Adonai!"
(d) She falls, weeping, into Joseph's arms.

2. What does Simeon tell Jesus's mother, in regard to her son?
(a) He is unsure whether Jesus is suited to the role of being the Messiah.
(b) She must resign herself to the fact that Jesus will die young.
(c) He will have a very difficult life, because he is the Messiah.
(d) It is God that torments him, not a demon, so there can be no exorcism.

3. Where does Jesus think the animals have come from?
(a) The river.
(b) His imagination.
(c) Hell.
(d) His bowels.

4. Who is helping Barabbas, in Chapter 1?
(a) The Zealots.
(b) The Israelites.
(c) Jesus and his disciples.
(d) Zebedee and his workers.

5. Why does Philip want to murder Jesus?
(a) Jesus is a cross-maker.
(b) Philip does not believe that Jesus is the Messiah.
(c) Philip is in love with Mary Magdalene.
(d) Philip despises Jesus's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jacob sees Jesus in Magdala, and mentally compares him to whom?

2. Who shelters Mary Magdalene in Capernaum?

3. Why does Judas waver in his intent to kill Jesus in the monastery?

4. While all the men are in Zebedee's yard, what is Salome overjoyed about?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Jesus go in Chapter 6?

2. Why does the mob chase Mary Magdalene to Capernaum?

3. Why does Judas Iscariot visit Jesus at the beginning of the novel?

4. In Chapter 11, what does Simeon say to Jesus about the possibility of Jesus being the Messiah?

5. What does Simeon advise Jesus to do, in Chapter 10, and how does Jesus respond?

6. Why is Abbot Joachim dying?

7. What occurs between Judas, Zebedee, and Philip when they meet in Capernaum during the storm?

8. How does Jesus's mother feel when she sees Jesus carrying the cross at the beginning of the novel?

9. What does Jesus do to defend Mary Magdalene in Capernaum?

10. What transpires between Jesus and Ananias?

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