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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Emperor Tiberius send for when spring arrives in Chapter 7?
(a) Diana and Lucia.
(b) Paulus and Marcellus.
(c) Diana and Paula.
(d) Gaius.

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

3. What is Demetrius's attitude towards religion?
(a) He is pious and prays daily.
(b) Religion is something to avoid at all costs
(c) Religion is for the elderly only.
(d) It is better that man does not believe in the gods.

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) People are afraid to walk near the soldiers.
(b) There is a desert storm brewing.
(c) It is the sabbath and Jews cannot travel.
(d) Everone else is already there.

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

6. What does Melas tell Demetrius will happen to Jesus when Demetrius asks?
(a) He will be hung from a gallows.
(b) He will be crucified.
(c) He will suffer for three days.
(d) Big black birds will attack him.

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

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

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

10. What does Marcellus do that gains him favor with Paulus?
(a) He reads a map well.
(b) He shows him his money.
(c) He wins many duels.
(d) He attends to Sextus with compassion.

11. What does Demetrius observe Theodoris doing when he walks on the grounds of the Eupolis family in Chapter 9?
(a) She is reading poetry on a bench.
(b) She is climbing a tree.
(c) She is shooting arrows at a target.
(d) She is planning to meet someone near the temple.

12. What does Demetrius confess to Theodosia in the garden in Chapter 8?
(a) He is very worried about Marcellus.
(b) He plans to kill Marcellus.
(c) He wants to escape his slavery.
(d) He is in love with her.

13. In Chapter 4, who does Demetrius believe the crowd of Jews is hovering around and shouting at?
(a) He is something more important than a king.
(b) He is a crazy man.
(c) He is a beggar.
(d) He is a king.

14. What does Demetrius bring to Benjamin when he visits him in Chapter 9?
(a) A ring.
(b) Figs.
(c) The robe.
(d) Marcellus's daggers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Demetrius's state of mind as he approaches the crucifixion site?

2. Why is Marcellus reluctant to return to Benjamin to pick up the repaired robe himself the following day?

3. What does Ino do that meets with Dion's and Marcellus's disapproval in Chapter 8?

4. What information does Demetrius receive from Zenos?

5. Who is in love with Marcellus?

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