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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Flavius Josephus tell the people of the town to explain his fleeing?

2. Why was Archelaus banished from his kingdom?

3. Why did Flavius Josephus hide in a temple during a Jewish insurrection, after coming back from Rome?

4. What did Flavius Josephus decide to do?

5. How did Joseph die, in Section 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Josephus rewarded with?

2. What did Pilate send to Jerusalem?

3. Who was Hyrcanus, and why was he killed?

4. Who was Aristobulus, and who did he imprison, according to Section 2?

5. Why did Josephus enter Jotapata?

6. Who was Gaius, and why was he assassinated, according to Section 1?

7. What did King Agrippa send to the Temple?

8. What did King Agrippa say about God, according to Section 4?

9. How did Alexander come to power, and what did he first do when he came to power?

10. What happened when Josephus discovered Vespasian's plan to send him to Nero?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the statement that God's gift of life was preferable to refusing God through suicide.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Flavius Josephus as a historian and his role in presenting the information about the history of the Jews and Romans in The Jewish War.

Essay Topic 3

Define prophecy and examine its importance during Josephus' life.

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