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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Ascalon located?
(a) Gaul.
(b) North of Gaza.
(c) East of Gaza
(d) South of Massada.

3. What did Flavius Josephus decide to do?
(a) To try to flee the city.
(b) To stay in the town and fight.
(c) To surrender to the Romans.
(d) To fake his death.

4. Who took power after Alexander's widow fell ill?
(a) Hyrcanus.
(b) John.
(c) Antigonus.
(d) Aristobulus.

5. Why was Caligula assassinated?
(a) He banished his son.
(b) He refused to go to war with the Gaul.
(c) He desecrated a Temple.
(d) He killed his sister.

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

7. Who offered to cooperate with Vespasian against his own people?
(a) Agrippa.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Roanoke.
(d) Alexander.

8. Who did Antipater appoint governor of Jerusalem?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Flavius Josephus.
(c) Titus.
(d) Phasael.

9. What did Albinus allow in Judea?
(a) Robbery, looting, and excessive taxes.
(b) The Jews to recruit an army.
(c) The Jews to give to the Temple.
(d) The Temple to collect taxes.

10. What was Caesaria used as?
(a) The Roman headquarters for the Syrian provinces.
(b) The Roman headquarters for the Jewish provinces.
(c) The Roman headquarters for the Arab provinces.
(d) The Roman headquarters for the Gaul provinces.

11. Who desecrated the Temple during Florus's Procuratorship?
(a) Titus.
(b) Flavius Josephus.
(c) Roman soldiers.
(d) Hostile youth.

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

13. What was Caligula's other name?
(a) Gaius.
(b) Gaius Minimus.
(c) Caesar Antonius.
(d) Amanius Caligulius.

14. Which Roman commander defeated the Jewish army, despite being outnumbered?
(a) Caesar Antonius.
(b) Antonius.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Marcus Antonius.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was commanding the Roman troops allied with Herod, in Section 2?

2. Where did Flavius Josephus live?

3. Who did Cestius send to investigate Florus's rule?

4. What school was Flavius Josephus trained at?

5. Where was Archelaus banished to?

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