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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. Why does Demetrius get into a brawl with a Syrian slave while he is in jail?
(a) In order to attempt an escape.
(b) The slave does not give him water to quench his thirst.
(c) The slave slaps him for speaking up.
(d) He does not like the looks of the slave.

2. What story concerning a man named Zacchaeus does Miriam tell Marcellus in Chapter 15?
(a) A story of how Zacchaeus plotted against Jesus.
(b) A story of redemption.
(c) A sad story of death.
(d) A story of a broken man.

3. What does Simon tell his fellow Christians as the Roman soldiers take him away to jail and a most likely death?
(a) That he forgives them all.
(b) That he will come back to them.
(c) To keep holy the Sabbath.
(d) To continue with the daily suppers.

4. What is the Ecclesia?
(a) A nightly assembly of Christians.
(b) When the moon eclipses the sun.
(c) A group thought to be eccentric.
(d) An eclectic group of Christians.

5. What does Jonathan reveal to Marcellus?
(a) Justus is his grandfather.
(b) Jesus straightened his foot.
(c) He is also rich.
(d) He has never had a donkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who surprises Marcellus with a visit in Chapter 16?

2. What does Demetrius tell Marcellus about his new religion?

3. When Marcellus discovers that Justus has left with his grandson in Chapter 19, what is he tempted to do?

4. What does Paulus apologize to Marcellus about in Chapter 18?

5. What does Marcellus purchase from Deborah on their way to Sepphoris?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it that Marcipor does not want to let Marcellus know about his turn to Christianity at this point?

2. How does Justus explain to Marcellus Jesus's idea of people giving things away without worrying about providing for their own dependents?

3. What does Justus make of the Centurian Hortensius's insistence on purchasing Jesse's camel with bone spavin?

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

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

6. When Simon Peter and Marcellus meet on the grassy knoll, what wrongdoings do they admit to one another that they need to repent for?

7. After Marcellus tells his father of his experiences concerning Jesus, what does the senator advise him to do about it with Tiberius?

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

9. Why does Justus believe he has betrayed his people at the end of Chapter 17?

10. 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?

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