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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What information does Demetrius receive from Zenos?
(a) Jesus has been arrested.
(b) Demetrius has a chance to escape slavery.
(c) He will be returning to Minoa.
(d) Marcellus is looking for him.

6. What position does Tiberius decide Marcellus is best suited for?
(a) Second-in-Command.
(b) Chief Guard.
(c) Preceptor.
(d) Nemesis.

7. Who is second in command at Minoa?
(a) Sextus.
(b) Paulus.
(c) Demetrius.
(d) Marcellus.

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

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

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

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

12. What does Demetrius give to Lucia before he leaves with Marcellus?
(a) A poem.
(b) A ring.
(c) A letter.
(d) A warning.

13. What does Theodosia make of Marcellus no longer being in a state of great exaltation after touching the robe?
(a) She thinks Jesus is a magician.
(b) She believes he is hiding his emotions,
(c) She does not believe Marcellus was ever depressed.
(d) She thinks Demetrius made it all up.

14. What does Marcellus ask of the innkeeper, Dion, at Eupolis that meets with Dion's disapproval?
(a) To have his slave feast with the family.
(b) To pay for his rooms in advance.
(c) To share his quarters with Demetrius, his slave.
(d) To eat his meals alone in his room.

15. What is the name of the ship Marcellus and Demetrius take to Greece?
(a) The Joppa.
(b) The Tullus.
(c) The Clytia.
(d) The Vestris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Demetrius's emotion when he realizes his master is winning the fight?

2. Who is in love with Marcellus?

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

4. What does Marcellus do that gains him favor with Paulus?

5. What does Demetrius think of Augustus's writing that "how sweet and glorious to die for one's country!"?

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