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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. Who recalled a prophecy that claimed that when the Temple became square, the Sanctuary would fall?
(a) Josephus.
(b) Titus.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Vespasian.

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

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

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

5. Who led a sortie against Vespasian from the town of Tarichaeae?
(a) Simon.
(b) Tobias.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Jeshua.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took turns plundering the wealthy citizens of Jerusalem?

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

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

4. Where did the Romans promise not to fight?

5. How many of Caesar's soldiers entered Jerusalem?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Caesar offer rewards?

2. Whose release did the Jewish people beg for?

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

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

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

6. What did the bandit leader John trick Titus into keeping?

7. What did Vespasian have built?

8. What did the Sicarii and the Zealots practice?

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

10. What did Titus order to be built?

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