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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who were the leaders of Gamala?
(a) Alexander and Joseph.
(b) Joseph and Chares.
(c) Chares and Matthias.
(d) Matthias and Simon.

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

4. What did Simon and John realize would happen if the Romans entered the Sanctuary?
(a) The food supply would be compromized.
(b) The Jews would bury the Romans.
(c) The Romans would win.
(d) The Jew escape route would be lost.

5. What did people do to avoid being robbed by bandits?
(a) The burry their gold.
(b) They hide their gold in rotting meat.
(c) Swallow gold coins.
(d) They fed their gold to animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Macherus relative to Jerusalem?

2. How many Jews were killed in response to the death of 12 Roman soldiers?

3. What did the Roman soldiers do to the people fleeing Jerusalem?

4. How many fighters did Eleazar command?

5. Why were the siege weapons built by Titus difficult to capture?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Lucilius Bassus, according to Section 10?

2. Why was John in a strategically awkward position?

3. What did the Sicarii and the Zealots practice?

4. What happened before the warring parties could use the war engines on each other?

5. What caused sadness and then anger in Jerusalem, according to Section 6?

6. What was the layout of the City described in the maps on pages 488 and 491?

7. What freed the path for Vespasian to become Roman Emperor?

8. Why did Antiochus leave his kingdom to his family?

9. What happened to overweight residents?

10. Who marched against Masada, and who occupied the city?

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