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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. Who taught Phasaelis Greek?
(a) Herod.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Matthias.
(d) Simon.

2. Why does Yaltha tell Ana she knows Ana's moment will come?
(a) Because Yaltha has had a vision.
(b) Because all the women in their family have a moment.
(c) Because the fortune teller told Yaltha it would be so.
(d) Because Ana will make it come.

3. What does Jesus tell Ana has befallen Tabitha?
(a) She has been sold into slavery.
(b) She has been killed.
(c) She has been blinded.
(d) She has become a healer.

4. Who saves Ana from the crowd in Part II?
(a) Lavi.
(b) Judas.
(c) Matthias.
(d) Jesus.

5. Who was the leader of the Therapeutae when Yaltha lived with them?
(a) Skepsis.
(b) Lucien.
(c) Skein.
(d) Lavi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one text that Ana's father forbids her to read?

2. What does Ana's father do for a living?

3. Where do Ana's parents take her in order to meet her betrothed?

4. What do Herod Antipas and Matthias propose together to Ana?

5. What rumors does Nathaniel's daughter start about Ana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Yaltha tell Ana to do when her "moment" comes?

2. Why has Yaltha been banished from Alexandria?

3. What deal does Matthias make with Herod Antipas regarding Ana that repulses Ana?

4. What does Ana ask for in return for posing for Herod Antipas's mosaic and why does she ask this?

5. Which servant in Ana's house does Ana trust and rely upon, and why is this?

6. What does Judas ask Ana to give him in Part I of her possessions, and why?

7. How do Ana's parents view her after her betrothal ends?

8. What secret of her mother's does Ana know and, at one point, threaten her mother with?

9. What does Ana think Jesus's family's first impression of her is?

10. Why is Jesus a "mamzer" and what does this term mean?

(see the answer keys)

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