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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Cestius send to investigate Florus's rule?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Captain Eleazar.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Neapolitanus.

2. When did the Jewish war break out according to Flavius Josephus?
(a) In Nero's 12th year of reign.
(b) In Nero's 13th year of reign.
(c) In Nero's 15th year of reign.
(d) In Nero's 14th year of reign.

3. What did Flavius Josephus do to terrify the crowd?
(a) He decapitated a man.
(b) He had his archers kill 25 in the crowd.
(c) He flogged the angriest of them.
(d) He freed his lions into the crowd.

4. Whose son was Aleazar, in Section 5?
(a) Simon's.
(b) Holm's.
(c) Ishmael's.
(d) Mark's.

5. How long did John Hyrcanus stay in power, according to Section 2?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 33 years.
(c) 31 years.
(d) 32 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was obligatory after Herod's name and Archelaus's rise to power, according to Section 3?

2. Who conspired with Brutus to kill Caesar?

3. Where was Archelaus banished to?

4. Who was commanding the Roman 10th Legion?

5. Why did Hyrcanus abdicate his throne?

(see the answer key)

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