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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Demetrius to pick up a coat laying near the foot of the central cross in Chapter 6?
(a) Jesus's followers.
(b) A weeping woman.
(c) Marcellus.
(d) Paulus.

2. Why is Marcellus so welcome at the House of Eupolis in Athens?
(a) Marcellus has money.
(b) Marcellus's father had stayed there years ago.
(c) The innkeeper is afraid of the Tribune.
(d) It is Demetrius's family home.

3. 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) He does not like the animals in the temple.
(c) It interferes with his business.
(d) Jesus may be hurt in the arguments.

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

5. What is Demetrius's state of mind as he approaches the crucifixion site?
(a) He is anxious.
(b) He is happy to have made it there.
(c) He is very low in spirit.
(d) He is nervous.

6. What social barrier does Marcus Gallio decide to cross when speaking with Demetrius in Chapter 7?
(a) Marcus wants to dine with Demetrius.
(b) Marcus wants Demetrius to speak with him as an equal.
(c) Marcus offers Demetrius his freedom.
(d) Marcus offers Demetrius his daughter's hand in marriage.

7. Who is in charge of Minoa before Marcellus' arrival?
(a) Manius.
(b) Paulus.
(c) Sextus.
(d) Vitelius.

8. Who is Diana?
(a) A good friend of Lucia's.
(b) The princess.
(c) A slave.
(d) Lucia's mother.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Who is in love with Marcellus?
(a) No one.
(b) Paula.
(c) Diana.
(d) Helen.

15. According to Benjamin, what do the Romans believe all men are?
(a) Equal.
(b) Beasts.
(c) Made in God's image.
(d) Righteous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what occasion does Paulus tell Marcellus that a company of men must be sent into Jerusalem?

3. How old is Lucia?

4. What does Theodosia make of Marcellus no longer being in a state of great exaltation after touching the robe?

5. What does Lucia want Marcellus to do when he goes to see Gaius?

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