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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many troops did the Idumaeans march into Jerusalem?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 3,000.

5. Who was the governor of Syria, described in Section 9?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Josephus.
(c) Clatus.
(d) Paetus.

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Titus set the gate on fire?
(a) His wanted to finish the siege to go back home.
(b) He wanted to see if it would burn.
(c) Vespasian was coming to visit and he wanted to end the siege.
(d) His men were dying and wounded.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eleazar convince his people to do as the Romans were breaching the walls?

2. Who was commanding the Roman 10th Legion?

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

4. What region did Vespasian continue to conquer, in Section 6?

5. Who was above John's position over the Holy Gates?

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