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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. How many fighters did Eleazar command?

2. What happened to the first Roman soldier to climb the wall of Jerusalem?

3. What happened to Flavius Josephus when he appealed to the people of Jerusalem?

4. How many nobles did the zealots in Jerusalem kill?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was John in a strategically awkward position?

2. What developed over the high priesthood?

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

4. What did Titus order to be built?

5. Who was Lucilius Bassus, according to Section 10?

6. What happened before the warring parties could use the war engines on each other?

7. Whose release did the Jewish people beg for?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of succession in the early Roman government.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine the Jewish religion and analyze the importance of Jewish law and idolatry.

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