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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Justus, how do Jews express themselves since they neither carve nor draw?
(a) They paint.
(b) They play-act and write.
(c) They sing and tell stories.
(d) They write poetry.

3. What does Demetrius tell the emperor when asked what his favorite weapon is?
(a) A broadsword.
(b) A dagger.
(c) His fists.
(d) The truth.

4. Why does Marcellus tell Paulus that he will be going to Jerusalem in Chapter 18?
(a) He wants to turn himself in to Quintus.
(b) The Christian leaders are there.
(c) He misses the area.
(d) To see Jesus's tomb.

5. How does the Gallio household react to Marcellus's return from Jerusalem in Chapter 20?
(a) All except Lucia are happy.
(b) Everyone is happy and laughing.
(c) Everyone is sad that Marcellus is a Christian.
(d) There is much fear for Marcellus's state of mind.

6. When Jesus calls to say hello to Bartholomew in Capernaum, what name does he call him by?
(a) Nathanael.
(b) Nicholas.
(c) Simon.
(d) Peter.

7. What does Miriam want Justus to tell Marcellus in Chapter 15?
(a) They know he crucified Jesus.
(b) That Jesus did not give her her singing voice.
(c) Everything about Jesus.
(d) That there is no more to tell about Jesus.

8. When Marcellus rhetorically asks Miriam what constitutes freedom, what does she answer?
(a) Being able to walk.
(b) The truth.
(c) Absence of chains.
(d) The ability to love.

9. Why is it believed by those at Capri that Diana is being detained against her own wishes?
(a) She confides in her housemaid.
(b) Someone reads her personal journals.
(c) She is overheard begging the emperor to let her go home.
(d) When her mother visits, Diana cries upon her departure.

10. What does Simon tell his fellow Christians as the Roman soldiers take him away to jail and a most likely death?
(a) That he forgives them all.
(b) To continue with the daily suppers.
(c) That he will come back to them.
(d) To keep holy the Sabbath.

11. 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?
(a) Jesus is easier to look at.
(b) Jesus makes people better rather than destroying them.
(c) Jesus does not get drunk.
(d) Jesus is an unknown force to be thought about.

12. When a woman sees Justus and Marcellus approaching Jacob's well, what does she do?
(a) Drops her water buckets and runs.
(b) Goes home and returns with another woman.
(c) Runs away in fear.
(d) Screams out Justus's name and runs to him.

13. What does do Marcellus do with Jasper?
(a) Uses hiim to carry his load.
(b) Gives him to Jonathan.
(c) Sets him free.
(d) Sends him to Miriam as a gift.

14. What does Jesus do when he and his followers are on a boat and a huge storm comes to threaten their lives?
(a) He sleeps until the storm is over.
(b) He steers the boat to safety.
(c) He tells the storm to be still, and it stops.
(d) He helps the men bail out water.

15. Why is Celia furious with Gaius?
(a) He is giving Diana too much attention.
(b) He is not sending Quintus home to her.
(c) She does not think he is nice enough to Diana.
(d) He is rude to Tiberius.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marcellus answer when Miriam asks him what he is really doing in Galilee?

2. Why does Stephanos recognize Marcellus the moment he first sees him?

3. With whom does Demetrius find work and a place to live in Jerusalem?

4. Why does Bartholomew sit all day long watching the road?

5. While on his journey in the small provinces with Justus, what does Marcellus carry in the bottom on his gunny bag?

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