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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Demetrius perceive Jesus to be in Chapter 5?

2. What is the Sanhedrin?

3. What does one of Pilate's legionnaires tell Paulus he had heard that Jesus intends to do if the temple is torn down?

4. Which author does Demetrius instigate a conversation about with Marcellus in Chapter 8?

5. Where do Marcellus and Demetrius arrive at the beginning of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Demetrius's theory of why the Jews want the Romans to leave Jerusalem?

2. How does Marcellus come to own Jesus's robe?

3. In Chapter 1, Marcus asks Lucia why she is being so unusually considerate of the new twin slaves, Helen and Nesta. What is Lucia's response?

4. When Marcellus asks Paulus if he ever tries to make up one of his own gods, how does Paulus respond?

5. What does Demetrius tell Marcellus about his belief in the gods?

6. Why does Demetrius feel that showing Marcellus the robe might bring him out of his depression?

7. Why is Zeno's master, Popygos, upset that everyone in Jerusalem is mixed up with the case of the man from Nazareth?

8. What does Marcellus at first suspect of his slave, Demetrius, when Marcellus and his father are speaking in private and then open the door to the atrium?

9. What makes Tiberius suddenly change his mind about giving Marcellus a job in Capri?

10. What conclusion does Marcellus arrive at when he reflects seriously on the nature of the Robe in Chapter 9?

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