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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eleazar convince his people to do as the Romans were breaching the walls?
(a) Charge the Romans.
(b) Flee.
(c) Kill their families and then themselves.
(d) Surrender.

2. What did Titus order flattened, to have the entire army enter Jerusalem?
(a) Mododia.
(b) The Holy Gate.
(c) The Temple.
(d) Antonia.

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

4. Where did the Romans promise not to fight?
(a) Antonia.
(b) The Holy Gate.
(c) The lower part of Jerusalem.
(d) The Temple.

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

6. How many Jews were killed in response to the death of 12 Roman soldiers?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 2,000.

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

8. What did the people of Jerusalem think of Josephus, after learning he was in Rome?
(a) That he was hiding.
(b) That he had surrendered.
(c) That he had defected.
(d) That he had been captured.

9. How many people did Vespasian kill on his way to Jericho?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 120,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

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

12. Why did the soldiers not put out the fire as ordered?
(a) The uproar was too loud, and they did not hear the order.
(b) They didn't recognize the authority of Titus.
(c) They wanted to avenge their dead comrades.
(d) They didn't understand Latin.

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

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

15. What was Gamala thought to be?
(a) Too small for Romans to be concerned with.
(b) Impregnable.
(c) Too large for Romans to encircle.
(d) Too far from Roman supply centers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Josephus, according to Section 6?

2. How many prisoners did Titus send to Rome?

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

4. Who replaced Nero after his death?

5. How long was Jerusalem's wall?

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