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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 Jesse sell to the Centurian named Hortensius?
(a) A blanket.
(b) Two saddlebags.
(c) A scroll.
(d) Four camels.

2. Why is Justus worried about Jonathan getting praise from the townspeople?
(a) The praise may be false.
(b) He may become self-righteous.
(c) He may not believe them.
(d) The townspeople's praise is not worth anything.

3. What is disturbing about Diana's scroll to Marcellus in Chapter 11?
(a) It is addressed to Demetrius.
(b) It is not in her handwriting.
(c) The scroll is very short.
(d) The seal has been broken and resealed.

4. Why is it that the poor people of Galilee and Tiberias do not make use of the healing powers of the hot springs?
(a) The water is much too hot for them.
(b) The poor do not have the diseases the springs cure.
(c) It costs too much money.
(d) The Romans do not allow it.

5. Who does Justus believe would be a good person for Marcellus to speak to about Jesus?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Jesus's mother.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Jonathan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Demetrius decide he must do after the incident with Quintus in Chapter XI?

2. According to the scroll, the emperor sends Marcellus in Athens. What does he want Marcellus to do?

3. What act of charity does Jonathan perform?

4. How does Marcellus react to Justus's realization that he and Demetrius both know Benjamin?

5. What does Miriam want Justus to tell Marcellus in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Justus tells Marcellus the story of Lydia touching Jesus's robe and being cured, why does Marcellus believe every word of it?

2. What does Marcellus do to try and find out from Justus why Miriam's disposition improves so suddenly?

3. What part of Justus's personality does Marcellus see in Cana that he has not noticed before?

4. When Marcellus asks Demetrius about his experiences with Christians in Jerusalem in Chapter 19, why does he seem to arguing with him and interrogating him?

5. When Marcellus receives a letter from Demetrius who is in Jerusalem, what does Demetrius suggest Marcellus do once he arrives there?

6. How does Simon, the big fisherman, come to know Demetrius?

7. Why does Jonathan give up his donkey to Thomas?

8. Why does Paulus tell Marcellus that he would be wise to leave for Joppa and make his way back to Rome?

9. How does Demetrius compare the ways in which the Roman emperors get armies to give up their lives to the ways in which Jesus commands loyalty?

10. What makes Miriam encourage Justus to tell Marcellus everything about Jesus?

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