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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. Who led the second and final invasion of Jerusalem, according to Flavius Josephus?

2. Why was Caligula assassinated?

3. What did Flavius Josephus decide to do?

4. Who did Herod put in charge of the interrogation of Antipater, in Section 2?

5. What city was assigned to Flavius Josephus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Josephus study?

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

3. Who captured Josephus, and what did he prophesy?

4. Who faced rebellion after Herod's death, according to Section 3?

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

6. What did Josephus, Governor of Galilee, do after he agreed to meet the most angry people, according to Section 5?

7. What did the Romans do when Antigonus begged for mercy?

8. Who was Eleazar?

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

10. What did Pilate send to Jerusalem?

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

Define the meaning of hyperbole and examine what Josephus meant by the claim that "no other city has ever endured such horrors."

Essay Topic 3

Compare the groups of Pharisees, Saducees, and Essenes and how the factions emerged under the Hasmoneans.

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