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

2. What does Marcellus offer to lend Tiberius in Chapter 20?
(a) Scrolls about Jesus.
(b) Gold.
(c) Demetrius.
(d) The robe.

3. Why is Celia furious with Gaius?
(a) She does not think he is nice enough to Diana.
(b) He is not sending Quintus home to her.
(c) He is rude to Tiberius.
(d) He is giving Diana too much attention.

4. Why does Simon want Christians to sell their property and bring the proceeds to the Ecclesia?
(a) So the Romans will know where all the Christians are.
(b) So they can all live in brotherly love together.
(c) To be charitable towards the homeless so they can eat there.
(d) To prove their faith to Simon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Stephanos recognize Marcellus the moment he first sees him?

2. Why are many merchants coming to the daily suppers at the Ecclesia?

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

4. What does Jesus do for Hortensius's orderly?

5. What does Marcellus tell his father he intends to report to Tiberius concerning Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Celia, Quintus' wife, beside herself with anxiety and jealousy concerning Prince Gaius?

2. Why does Paulus decide to let Demetrius go free in Chapter 18?

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

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

5. 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?

6. When Marcellus arrives at Benyosef's shop in Jerusalem, why is it that he does not find Demetrius there?

7. Why does Jesus refer to Bartholomew as Nathanael?

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

9. What incident results in Demetrius having to run away and leave Marcellus?

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

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