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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 Pontius Pilate do to anger the Jews so much that it causes a seven-month war?
(a) Insults the Sanhedrin.
(b) Takes a bath in the public fountain.
(c) Uses funds from the temple treasury to build an aqueduct.
(d) Raises the taxes for the moneylenders.

2. Who is beautiful, in her mid-forties, a cultured, gracious hostess, and probably the laziest woman in the whole Roman Empire?
(a) Lucia Gallio.
(b) Diana Gallus.
(c) Cornelia Vipsania Gallio.
(d) Paula Gallus.

3. Who is the deliverer the Jews are waiting for?
(a) The tribune.
(b) The messiah.
(c) Simon.
(d) A rabbi.

4. How does Benjamin think the temple will feel if the messiah actually made an appearance on earth?
(a) Repentant.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Overjoyed.
(d) Content.

5. 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 washes his hands in a basin before the crowd.
(d) Pilate says something in Aramaic that he understands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucia want Marcellus to do when he goes to see Gaius?

2. What does Demetrius think of Augustus's writing that "how sweet and glorious to die for one's country!"?

3. According to Paulus, what does Pilate ask Jesus during his trial?

4. What does Demetrius confess to Theodosia in the garden in Chapter 8?

5. Who is Diana?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is it that Marcus's father does not believe Marcus should apologize to Gaius?

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

4. Why is Lucia so upset when Marcellus tells her that he laughed at Prince Gaius and his son at the previous night's banquet?

5. What is Marcellus's condition when Demetrius returns home with him?

6. According to one report, when one witness testifies that Jesus professes to be a king, what is Pilate's reaction?

7. 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?

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

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

10. Why does Benjamin question Demetrius so intently about Jesus in Chapter 9?

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