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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I through IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the slave Sevenus escape to?
(a) Damascus.
(b) Gaza.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Egypt.

2. For what occasion does Paulus tell Marcellus that a company of men must be sent into Jerusalem?
(a) Passover.
(b) The sabbath.
(c) Rosh Hashanah
(d) Yom Kippur.

3. What does Marcellus do that gains him favor with Paulus?
(a) He reads a map well.
(b) He shows him his money.
(c) He wins many duels.
(d) He attends to Sextus with compassion.

4. What does Marcellus do at a banquet to offend Prince Gaius?
(a) He claims the food is rotten.
(b) He curses loudly.
(c) He laughs at Antonius and Gaius.
(d) He eats his food with the wrong utensils.

5. Who has a sword fight while at Marcellus's first dinner in Minoa?
(a) Marcellus and Sextus.
(b) Marcellus and Paulus.
(c) Sextus and Vitelius.
(d) Sextus and Paulus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who does Demetrius believe the crowd of Jews is hovering around and shouting at?

2. What is Demetrius's attitude towards religion?

3. What does Prince Gaius attempt to do to Lucia at the palace on Capri?

4. Who is beautiful, in her mid-forties, a cultured, gracious hostess, and probably the laziest woman in the whole Roman Empire?

5. How old is Lucia?

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