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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. When talking to Pilate, Jesus compares Rome to ____________.

3. Who does Jesus bring back to life in Chapter 25?

4. What does Mary Magdalene give to Jesus and his disciples to refresh them?

5. What is the new meaning of the paschal meal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the position of Lazarus at the end of Chapter 25?

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

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

4. What do Jesus and Zebedee discuss when Jesus and his disciples return to Capernaum?

5. What does Jesus say to Pilate, regarding Rome, the first time they meet?

6. What does Jesus declare in Jerusalem that makes Simeon afraid?

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

8. What does Matthew do while Jesus and the other disciples sleep?

9. What does a bird tell Jesus about Heaven and Hell?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Curse follows Jesus throughout the course of the novel. How is the Curse described? Why is it following Jesus? What is its purpose? What is the significance of its armored, animalistic appearance? Why is the Curse later referred to as a mother figure? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Paul tells Jesus that obstinacy, longing, and faith create truth. The world needs consolation, factual or not. How does Jesus react to these statements? How true are they? What historical examples serve to prove Paul's point? What is Kazantzakis trying to say about faith, religion, and truth? How does Paul's version of truth relate to the kind that Jesus is trying to spread? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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