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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. Which author does Demetrius instigate a conversation about with Marcellus in Chapter 8?
(a) Plato.
(b) Homer.
(c) Lucretius.
(d) Aristotle.

2. Who are Helen and Nesta?
(a) Lucia's longtime personal slaves.
(b) Girlfriends of Marcellus.
(c) Lucia's best friends.
(d) Female slaves who are twins.

3. Where does the slave Sevenus escape to?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Damascus.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Gaza.

4. What does the newly purchased slave, Demetrius, do when he arrives at Lucia's home?
(a) Puts a dagger under his pillow.
(b) Throws away his shackles.
(c) Dives into the pool.
(d) Tries to escape.

5. How does Paulus address Marcellus for the first time in Chapter 6?
(a) As "Mr. Gallios."
(b) As "commander."
(c) As "Marcellus."
(d) As "sir."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Paulus's belief about the gods' origins?

2. Why is Zenos's master, Popygos, upset about the constant quarrels between the Romans and the Jews?

3. What is the Sanhedrin?

4. What happens to Marcellus when finds the robe in Demetrius's chamber and touches it?

5. What does Demetrius show to Marcellus, hoping to cure his depression?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Theodosia asks Demetrius if the robe is haunted, how does he answer?

2. When Marcellus writes a letter to Diana in Chapter 5, what does he decide to convey to her?

3. Why does the emperor become especially interested when Marcus asks him if he has ever heard of the messiah?

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

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

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

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. Why is Marcellus's being sent to a post in Minoa considered to be a form of exile for him?

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

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