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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 Caesar name Archelaus?

2. Who was the legate of Syria while Gessius Florus was procurator of Judea?

3. What was obligatory after Herod's name and Archelaus's rise to power, according to Section 3?

4. Who was the King of Arabia who offered Hyrcanus protection?

5. Whose son was Aleazar, in Section 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Albinus, and how did he cripple the nation?

2. Where did Josephus seek refuge and why?

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

4. Who was Menahem, according to Section 4?

5. Who was considered traitorous by the Jews?

6. What city did Vespasian plan to invade and what did he use during the invasion?

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

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

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

10. Who was Sabinus, and what did he put down?

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

Discuss the role of succession in the early Roman government.

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