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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. Where does Demetrius go after speaking with Zenos and his master, Polygos?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) The praetorium.
(c) The marketplace.
(d) Back to Minoa.

2. What are Marcellus's orders from Prince Gaius?
(a) To take charge of a prison in southern Palestine.
(b) To command the garrison at Minoa.
(c) To attack the troops at Gaza.
(d) To free the Jews in Palestine.

3. How does Demetrius realize that Pilate has given Jesus to the people to judge?
(a) Pilate flings Jesus into the crowd of people.
(b) Pilate turns his back on Jesus.
(c) Pilate says something in Aramaic that he understands.
(d) Pilate washes his hands in a basin before the crowd.

4. What is Diana's plan when she visits her grandfather, the emperor?
(a) To see Tiberius before he dies.
(b) To get Marcellus back home.
(c) To inherit his money.
(d) To have a home built for her.

5. What does Theodosia make of Marcellus no longer being in a state of great exaltation after touching the robe?
(a) She does not believe Marcellus was ever depressed.
(b) She thinks Demetrius made it all up.
(c) She thinks Jesus is a magician.
(d) She believes he is hiding his emotions,

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Diana?

3. How does Benjamin, the tailor, know where the robe is from just by looking at it?

4. What does Marcellus ask of the innkeeper, Dion, at Eupolis that meets with Dion's disapproval?

5. Who is awakened from his bed to hear the case about Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident compels Demetrius to change his mind about running away with Melas?

2. After Marcellus has touched the robe in Chapter 8 and feels a great relief, he speaks with Demetrius about it. Where does their conversation about the robe's powers lead to?

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

4. What information is Lucia attempting to extract from Demetrius concerning her brother in Chapter 1?

5. What is Marcus Gallio's attitude toward the acquisition of slaves?

6. When Marcellus tells Demetrius to give him the robe during the banquet at the Insula, why does Demetrius hesitate?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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