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

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

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

4. How many were killed during the naval engagement on the lake near Tarichaeae?
(a) 6,700.
(b) 6,100.
(c) 6,900.
(d) 8,700.

5. Who ordered the city and the sanctuary to be razed?
(a) Titus.
(b) Flavius Josephus.
(c) Vespsian.
(d) Caesar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John do with a few men and a zealot?

2. Who tried to appeal to Jerusalem's defenders to have them surrender?

3. Who had previously burned the sanctuary down?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was John committed to, according to Section 7?

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

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

4. What was Macherus considered?

5. What did the Fall of the City begin with, according to Section 6?

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

7. When Josephus's appeal was ignored what was the final resolution, according to Section 9?

8. Whose release did the Jewish people beg for?

9. What did Romans do to those who tried to escape Jerusalem?

10. Why were the Jews in despair?

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