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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which author does Demetrius instigate a conversation about with Marcellus in Chapter 8?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Homer.
(d) Lucretius.

2. What happens to Marcellus when finds the robe in Demetrius's chamber and touches it?
(a) He becomes relieved and is no longer afraid.
(b) He falls into an even deeper depression.
(c) He continues to search for his knives.
(d) His intentions to sell Demetrius become stronger.

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

4. Where do Marcellus and Demetrius arrive at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Rome.
(b) Athens.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Minoa.

5. What does Demetrius decide to do with Melas, only to change his mind?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Write letters home.
(c) Hide the robe.
(d) Run away.

6. Who is madly in love with Demetrius in Chapter II?
(a) Nesta.
(b) Tertia.
(c) Paula.
(d) Lucia.

7. Why does Marcellus avoid talking with the Eupolis family?
(a) He is afraid he will be attracted to Theodosia.
(b) He does not particularly like them.
(c) He does not want them to witness one of his mysterious seizures.
(d) He feels they are below him.

8. Who is awakened from his bed to hear the case about Jesus?
(a) Herod.
(b) Gallios.
(c) Pilate.
(d) Diophanos.

9. How does Benjamin think the temple will feel if the messiah actually made an appearance on earth?
(a) Content.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) Repentant.
(d) Embarrassed.

10. Why are still stains on the robe Marcellus brings to Benjamin to fix?
(a) Benjamin refuses to remove them.
(b) They are not stains; they are flaws in the fabric.
(c) Marcellus orders Benjamin not to try to wash the robe.
(d) They will not come out.

11. According to Paulus, what does Pilate ask Jesus during his trial?
(a) Guilty or innocent?
(b) Did you say you are a king?
(c) What punishment should I give you?
(d) Did you incite a riot?

12. What is Herod's job?
(a) Handling Rome's diplomatic dealings with Galilee.
(b) He is the area's highest judge.
(c) Dealing with Rome's financial matters.
(d) To keep the Roman soldiers from rioting.

13. Why is Zenos's master, Popygos, upset about the constant quarrels between the Romans and the Jews?
(a) The Jews are not allowed to keep the sabbath.
(b) Jesus may be hurt in the arguments.
(c) He does not like the animals in the temple.
(d) It interferes with his business.

14. What does Demetrius show to Marcellus, hoping to cure his depression?
(a) A statue he has sculpted of Marcellus.
(b) A drawing of Diana.
(c) His mother's ring.
(d) The robe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Demetrius go after speaking with Zenos and his master, Polygos?

2. What position does Tiberius decide Marcellus is best suited for?

3. Who has a sword fight while at Marcellus's first dinner in Minoa?

4. What is Demetrius's attitude towards religion?

5. What does Demetrius confess to Theodosia in the garden in Chapter 8?

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