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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 is the subject of Jesus's earliest dream?

2. As Jesus prays in Gethsemane, what does he beg God to do?

3. What does Jesus cry out, as he faints, at the end of Chapter 29?

4. Andrew compares John the Baptist to whom?

5. What does Jesus fear as Spring approaches?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jesus change the significance of the paschal meal?

2. What does Jesus ask of Judas before he sees Pilate?

3. How is Jerusalem described in Chapter 16?

4. How do Annas, Caiaphas, and Pilate feel about Jesus after meeting him?

5. What do Jesus's disciples do after Jesus is captured by the mob at Gethsemane?

6. What happens when Jesus rides into Jerusalem in the spring?

7. Why does Barabbas confront Jesus at Simon's Inn?

8. What happens to Jesus and his disciples in the temple of Jerusalem?

9. What happens when Jesus meets John the Baptist?

10. What does the angel who visits Matthew in Capernaum demand of him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kazantzakis portrays Jesus as a human being who experiences temptations, sin, and vice, and who is not always welcoming of God's will. How is this portrayal of Jesus different from the way he is depicted in scripture and other religious writings? Why do you think Kazantzakis chose to portray Jesus this way? What can we infer about Kazantzakis's opinion of the accuracy of scripture? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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