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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapers V through VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Sextus to put him out of commission?
(a) He is poisoned.
(b) He becomes depressed.
(c) He contracts a disease.
(d) He breaks his leg.

2. Why does Pilate dip his hands in a basin of water and fling the water off his fingers?
(a) He had touched Jesus and wants to be clean.
(b) To show the crowd he is against them.
(c) It is a courtesy to have clean hands.
(d) To wash his hands of Jesus's case.

3. What does Marcellus want Paulus to do after the fight?
(a) Write an apology to Rome.
(b) Leave Gaza.
(c) Apologize for his conduct.
(d) Bow down to him.

4. What does Demetrius believe he can help Marcellus do by going away to Athens together?
(a) Admire sculpture.
(b) Get over his mental breakdown.
(c) Govern a town there.
(d) Avoid Diana.

5. What does Marcellus wish he had done before leaving for his departing ship?
(a) Refused his orders to go.
(b) Left Demetrius behind.
(c) Written a will.
(d) Kissed Diana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Paulus's belief about the gods' origins?

2. How old is Lucia?

3. How many people are situated at the crucifixion site as Demetrius nears it?

4. Who does Lucia's father, Marcus Gallio, insult in the senate?

5. What does Marcellus do to Demetrius when the slave hesitates to give his master the robe to try on?

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