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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. When did Jerusalem fall to the Romans?
(a) In the second year of Vespasian's reign.
(b) In the third year of Vespasian's reign.
(c) In the first year of Vespasian's reign.
(d) In the fourth year of Vespasian's reign.

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

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

4. What made Caesar disclaim responsibility for the Jews, in Section 8?
(a) The Jews' attempt to kill Caesar.
(b) The Jews' unwillingness to accept Roman mercy.
(c) The Jews' refusal to pay for the Roman army's upkeep.
(d) The Jews' killing a Roman envoy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many prisoners did Titus send to Rome?

2. What did the people of Jerusalem think of Josephus, after learning he was in Rome?

3. What did the defenders of Gamala do after the city fell to the Romans?

4. Who was the governor of Syria, described in Section 9?

5. What gripped Jerusalem according to Flavius Josephus?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whose release did the Jewish people beg for?

3. How did Caesar offer rewards?

4. Why were the Jews in despair?

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

6. Who was Jeshua and what did he lead?

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

8. What did the Sicarii and the Zealots practice?

9. How did John's preparations for assault fail?

10. Why was John in a strategically awkward position?

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