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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesus believe about the Messiah?

2. What is Abbot Joachim's last speech about?

3. When does the clawing sensation occur for Jesus?

4. What is Jesus unable to vanquish?

5. What does Andrew want Jesus to preach about in Capernaum?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Jesus and Mary Magdalene at sunset, on Jesus's first night in Magdala?

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

3. What does Jesus say to comfort the poor in Capernaum, who look to him for guidance?

4. What is the Curse?

5. How does Jesus meet Zebedee?

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

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

8. What does Jesus tells Simeon at the end of Chapter 10?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jesus praises Nathaniel for giving an answer that goes contrary to the law because the law goes contrary to Jesus's heart. What does Jesus feel is wrong with the existing laws? How does he propose fixing them? What, specifically, does he disagree with? Why? Is there a difference between something that is legal and something that is just? If so, what is it? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Jesus performs many miracles, but at times, he performs them incorrectly, or incompletely, as is the case with Lazarus. Why is he sometimes unable to perform miracles successfully? What is different about these attempted miracles that makes them turn out differently from the ones that are successful? Why? What might Jesus have done differently? How does he feel about these incomplete miracles? Why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

The Israelites are being oppressed by the Romans, and some people resent Jesus's willingness to help those on both sides of the struggle. Why is he so willing to help his enemies? How do they repay him? How do they react when he helps them, or attempts to? What effect does his willingness to help his enemies have on his reputation? What does it say about his character? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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