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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What view made Macherus a strategical fortress?
(a) Views of Persia.
(b) Views of Jerusalem.
(c) Views of Syria.
(d) Views of Arabia.

2. How many fighters did Eleazar command?
(a) 2,400.
(b) 5,400.
(c) 3,400.
(d) 4,400.

3. What did Caesar forbid his troops from doing when entering Jerusalem?
(a) Looting.
(b) Sleeping inside the city.
(c) Killing prisoners or burning houses.
(d) Destroying fortifications.

4. What did Vespasian build in honor of the victory over Jerusalem?
(a) A Temple dedicated to Jupiter.
(b) An arc of Thryomph.
(c) A church.
(d) A temple of peace.

5. Who had previously burned the sanctuary down?
(a) The Spartans.
(b) The Syrians.
(c) The Sumerians.
(d) The Babylonians.

6. When did word that Antiochus and his son Epiphanes were revolting against Rome reach Vespasian?
(a) During his 4th year of Reign.
(b) During his 5th year of Reign.
(c) During his 6th year of Reign.
(d) During his7th year of Reign.

7. How long was Jerusalem's wall?
(a) 1.5 miles.
(b) 3.5 miles.
(c) 4.5 miles.
(d) 2.5 miles.

8. What did Titus claim on top of Antonia?
(a) Vini, vidi, vici.
(b) Kill them all. God will recognize his own.
(c) Leave no one alive.
(d) The city is at our mercy.

9. Who was commanding the Roman 10th Legion?
(a) Vespasian.
(b) Trajan.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Silvius.

10. From which direction did the new Roman legate approach Macherus?
(a) The west.
(b) The north.
(c) The east.
(d) The south.

11. How long after Nero's death did Otho came to power in Rome?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 10 months.

12. What happened to the first Roman soldier to climb the wall of Jerusalem?
(a) He was hailed as a hero by the Jews.
(b) He took Simon prisoner.
(c) He fell down and was killed.
(d) He was rewarded by Caesar.

13. What did the Romans use to destroy the large sturdy stone construction, in Section 9?
(a) Shovels.
(b) Battering rams.
(c) Arrows.
(d) Catapults.

14. How many nobles did the zealots in Jerusalem kill?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 20,000.

15. What did the Roman soldiers do to the people fleeing Jerusalem?
(a) Took them as slaves.
(b) Redirected them to a refugee camp.
(c) Crucified them.
(d) Let them leave freely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did people do to avoid being robbed by bandits?

2. What gripped Jerusalem according to Flavius Josephus?

3. Who was the King of Parthia?

4. What young Jewish soldier was captured and crucified by the Romans, in Section 9?

5. Who was the governor of Syria, described in Section 9?

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