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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Demetrius end up in jail in Capernaum?
(a) A legionary sees that he has money.
(b) He steals food from a vendor.
(c) He is drunk in public.
(d) He attacks a centurian.

2. What does Jesse sell to the Centurian named Hortensius?
(a) Four camels.
(b) A blanket.
(c) Two saddlebags.
(d) A scroll.

3. Who is Dodinius?
(a) The emperor's oracle reader.
(b) Prince Gaius' son.
(c) The builder of Diana's villa.
(d) The emperor's butler.

4. What act of charity does Jonathan perform?
(a) He gives every coin he has to Thomas.
(b) He gives his donkey to Thomas.
(c) He sleeps with his grandfather rather than in the tent.
(d) He sleeps in Marcellus's tent rather than his grandfather's.

5. What does Demetrius think of the ten commandments?
(a) They are lies made up by Jewish merchants.
(b) They are generally unfair.
(c) There are too many of them.
(d) They are all magnificent rules to follow.

6. What language are Demetrius and Marcello practicing at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Roman.
(b) Greek.
(c) Aramaic.
(d) Latin.

7. Why does Demetrius get into a brawl with a Syrian slave while he is in jail?
(a) In order to attempt an escape.
(b) He does not like the looks of the slave.
(c) The slave slaps him for speaking up.
(d) The slave does not give him water to quench his thirst.

8. How does Marcellus react to Justus's realization that he and Demetrius both know Benjamin?
(a) Marcellus admits he knows Demetrius.
(b) Marcellus questions Justus about Demetrius's character.
(c) Marcellus asks about Demetrius and his whereabouts.
(d) Marcellus glosses over it.

9. What happens when Stephanos speaks to a crowd of priests and well-dressed men from the business district?
(a) They stone Stephanos to death.
(b) The Roman soldiers arrest Stephanos for inciting a riot.
(c) The crowd heckles Stephanos and leaves.
(d) Stephanos begins to convert many.

10. Why is Justus worried about Jonathan getting praise from the townspeople?
(a) The praise may be false.
(b) He may become self-righteous.
(c) He may not believe them.
(d) The townspeople's praise is not worth anything.

11. What does Marcellus learn of the fate of Simon the fisherman when he finds the Christian meeting place has been locked up and the leaders arrested?
(a) He is to be beheaded.
(b) He is being sent to Rome.
(c) He has been released.
(d) He has been murdered on the spot.

12. What is the Ecclesia?
(a) An eclectic group of Christians.
(b) A nightly assembly of Christians.
(c) When the moon eclipses the sun.
(d) A group thought to be eccentric.

13. What happens to Pilate after the crucifixion?
(a) He dies.
(b) He takes Herod's position.
(c) He is promoted to Rome.
(d) He becomes mentally sick.

14. What does Demetrius tell Marcellus about his new religion?
(a) He is an Atheist.
(b) He is Jewish.
(c) He is a Christian.
(d) He is a Greek Christian Orthodox.

15. With whom does Demetrius find work and a place to live in Jerusalem?
(a) Benyosef.
(b) Barsabas.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Stephanos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marcellus tell Paulus that he will be going to Jerusalem in Chapter 18?

2. Why does Paulus state that if a dead man were to come back to life he would rather it be Jesus than Quintus, Julian or Pilate?

3. What does Stephanos do when Marcellus lets him see and touch the robe in Chapter 19?

4. How is the woman, Lydia, trying to get to Jesus in the crowd, cured of her illness?

5. When Marcellus speaks of his irritation over mistreated animals, what subject does his traveling companion bring up in Chapter 12?

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