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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did Alexander stay in power?
(a) 28 years.
(b) 26 years.
(c) 27 years.
(d) 29 years.

3. What did Gessius Florus boast about?
(a) Him being in line to be the next emperor.
(b) His wrongdoing.
(c) His wife.
(d) His house in Rome.

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

5. Who told Cestius of Florus's misdeeds when Florus sent a false report of a Jewish uprising?
(a) Emeralda.
(b) Sophia.
(c) Anticeta.
(d) Bernice.

6. How did Phasael kill himself?
(a) He drowned himself.
(b) He slit his throat.
(c) He threw his head on a rock.
(d) He hung himself.

7. What did Flavius Josephus do each day with his toughest warriors?
(a) He tried to kill the Roman commander.
(b) He tried to break through the Roman lines.
(c) He tried to negotiate a surrender.
(d) He raided the Roman camp.

8. What was obligatory after Herod's name and Archelaus's rise to power, according to Section 3?
(a) Tithing the Temple.
(b) A mourning period.
(c) A retreat in the Temple.
(d) A feast.

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

10. Where did Flavius Josephus retreat when the Romans invaded Galilee?
(a) Jotapata.
(b) Galilee.
(c) Amanal.
(d) Jerusalem.

11. What did Archelaus fear with the arrival of Passover?
(a) That the water would be contaminated.
(b) That his soldiers would be overwhelmed.
(c) That the Temple would not have enough money.
(d) That the food supply would run out.

12. Who was Pompey's governor in Syria?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Gabinius.
(c) Arine.
(d) Simon.

13. Whose army did Varus reinforce to fight the revolt in Judea.
(a) Claudius's.
(b) Caesar's.
(c) Romonius's.
(d) Sabinius's.

14. Who conspired with Brutus to kill Caesar?
(a) Robertus.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Cassius.
(d) Russius.

15. Who was the Syrian procurator at the death of Herod?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Sonius.
(c) Sabinius.
(d) Carnius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group did Menahem lead?

2. How long did Vespasian take to breach the wall of Flavius Josephus's city?

3. What school was Flavius Josephus trained at?

4. How many people did Florus ordered to be killed when the population objected to Florus's rule?

5. Who did Florus say wanted the 17 talents he stole?

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