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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. Who is the deliverer the Jews are waiting for?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) Simon.
(c) The messiah.
(d) The tribune.

2. Who is beautiful, in her mid-forties, a cultured, gracious hostess, and probably the laziest woman in the whole Roman Empire?
(a) Cornelia Vipsania Gallio.
(b) Diana Gallus.
(c) Paula Gallus.
(d) Lucia Gallio.

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

4. On the Roman caravan to Jerusalem, why is no one else traveling on the day the soldiers make their way along the highway running up from Hebron?
(a) Everone else is already there.
(b) It is the sabbath and Jews cannot travel.
(c) People are afraid to walk near the soldiers.
(d) There is a desert storm brewing.

5. What does Prince Gaius attempt to do to Lucia at the palace on Capri?
(a) He insults her beauty.
(b) He tries to make love to her.
(c) He tries to attack her with a sword.
(d) He makes an attempt at getting her to swim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Sextus to put him out of commission?

2. What does Marcellus want Paulus to do after the fight?

3. Who are Helen and Nesta?

4. What are Marcellus's orders from Prince Gaius?

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

(see the answer key)

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