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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was sent to be the new legate after Jerusalem's fall?
(a) Bernatus Smalus.
(b) Flavius Entonius.
(c) Lucilius Bassus.
(d) Flavius Josephus

2. What did the Roman new legate do before starting the siege of Macherus?
(a) He damned a spring.
(b) He filled a ravine.
(c) He cut down a forest.
(d) He set a temple on fire.

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

4. How did Vespasian reward Agrippa's generosity?
(a) With 200,000 gold coins.
(b) With Roman military equipment.
(c) By quelling a rebellion in Tiberias.
(d) With Roman citizenship.

5. Who was above John's position over the Holy Gates?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Enemy zealots.
(c) Rabbis.
(d) Romans.

6. What did John try to do during the siege of Jerusalem?
(a) Surrender.
(b) Flee.
(c) Take full control.
(d) Hide.

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

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

9. Who besieged Jerusalem, at the start of Section 7?
(a) Titus.
(b) Vespasian.
(c) Classius.
(d) Merinius.

10. What does Flavius say John had enough of, after his taking over the Holy Gates?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Gold.
(c) Provisions.
(d) Men.

11. Who was knifed to death by the Roman crowd?
(a) Gelinius.
(b) Antonius.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Vitellius.

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

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

14. What happened to a child ,according to Flavius Josephus?
(a) He was eaten by his mother.
(b) He was killed by John.
(c) He was saved by a Roman soldier.
(d) He was poisoned by his mother.

15. How many prisoners did Titus send to Rome?
(a) 900.
(b) 700.
(c) 800.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Flavius say happened in Jerusalem during the siege?

2. What did the people of Jerusalem want to do?

3. How many of Caesar's soldiers entered Jerusalem?

4. Where did the people of Jerusalem think Josephus died?

5. What did Simon and John realize would happen if the Romans entered the Sanctuary?

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