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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the siege weapons built by Titus difficult to capture?
(a) They were too far from the gate.
(b) The Jews didn't know how to operate them.
(c) They were covered in Iron.
(d) They were covered with copper.

2. Which of Jerusalem's residents saw their houses ransacked for food?
(a) Overweight residents.
(b) Widows.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Nobleman.

3. Who was the father of the Idumaean general Simon?
(a) Cathla.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Simon.
(d) Alexander.

4. Where did Vespasian go after leaving Alexandria?
(a) Rome.
(b) Rhodes.
(c) Vienne.
(d) Jerusalem.

5. How many fighters did Simon command?
(a) 19,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 16,000.

6. What fortress did the new Roman legate secure when first arriving?
(a) Masada.
(b) Caesaria.
(c) Pillo.
(d) Herodium.

7. What did John do with a few men and a zealot?
(a) Broke Roman's lines.
(b) Took the lower Temple.
(c) Seized the Temple's inner court.
(d) Hid in the Temple.

8. What province did the Romans fail to control, despite the taking of Jerusalem, in Section 10?
(a) Arabia.
(b) Judea.
(c) Syria.
(d) Gaul.

9. How many of Caesar's soldiers entered Jerusalem?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 3,400.
(d) 2,400.

10. Who tried to appeal to Jerusalem's defenders to have them surrender?
(a) Josephus.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Matthias.
(d) Matius.

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

12. How many prisoners did the Romans take in Jerusalem?
(a) 99,000.
(b) 97,000.
(c) 991,000.
(d) 77,000.

13. Who were Antiochus and his son Epiphanes allying themselves with to revolt against Rome?
(a) The King of Jerusalem.
(b) The King of Arabia.
(c) The King of Parthia.
(d) The King of Mesopotamia.

14. What did the Romans display to the Jews in Jerusalem?
(a) Gold.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Water.
(d) Food.

15. What made Jerusalem's wall collapse?
(a) Roman's siege machines.
(b) Horns.
(c) John's tunnel.
(d) Ramming it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Roman new legate do before starting the siege of Macherus?

2. Who told the Roman soldiers to put out the fire in the sanctuary?

3. How many died during the Roman capture of Jerusalem?

4. Who was sent to be the new legate after Jerusalem's fall?

5. What did Titus order flattened, to have the entire army enter Jerusalem?

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