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

2. Who has a sword fight while at Marcellus's first dinner in Minoa?
(a) Sextus and Vitelius.
(b) Marcellus and Sextus.
(c) Sextus and Paulus.
(d) Marcellus and Paulus.

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

4. What happens to Marcellus when finds the robe in Demetrius's chamber and touches it?
(a) His intentions to sell Demetrius become stronger.
(b) He becomes relieved and is no longer afraid.
(c) He continues to search for his knives.
(d) He falls into an even deeper depression.

5. What is Demetrius's state of mind as he approaches the crucifixion site?
(a) He is nervous.
(b) He is very low in spirit.
(c) He is happy to have made it there.
(d) He is anxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Emperor Tiberius send for when spring arrives in Chapter 7?

2. What does Theodosia make of Marcellus no longer being in a state of great exaltation after touching the robe?

3. According to Benjamin, what do the Romans believe all men are?

4. What is the name of the ship Marcellus and Demetrius take to Greece?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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