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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. 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 throw small stones at him.
(d) They call him a "cross-maker."

2. Jesus realizes that the central figure in all of his dreams is __________.
(a) Judas.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) The Devil.
(d) God.

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

4. How does Jesus feel about these dreams?
(a) He is resigned to them.
(b) He is happy about them.
(c) He is tormented by them.
(d) He is puzzled by them.

5. 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) Processing grapes into wine.
(d) Building a boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the poor look to Jesus in Capernaum?

2. Why does Jesus get trapped in Magdala?

3. What does Simeon wonder about Jesus when they are at the monastery together?

4. What does the rabbi tell Jesus, in Chapter 11?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What transpires between Jesus and Ananias?

2. How does Jesus meet Zebedee?

3. Why does Judas decide not to kill Jesus at the monastery?

4. What is the subject of Joachim's last speech to the monks?

5. What do Jesus and Nathaniel talk about at the wedding of Nathaniel's nephew?

6. What is the significance of the snakes, according to Jeroboam, Simeon, and Jesus?

7. What is the Curse?

8. What does Jesus wonder about his dreams?

9. What do Mary and Simeon talk about when he visits her in Chapter 5?

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

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