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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 do Marcellus do with Jasper?
(a) Sets him free.
(b) Gives him to Jonathan.
(c) Uses hiim to carry his load.
(d) Sends him to Miriam as a gift.

2. How does Marcellus react to seeing and hearing Miriam sing?
(a) He is bored.
(b) He leaves before she sings.
(c) He is brought to tears.
(d) He stares at the crowd, not understanding their joy.

3. How does Demetrius end up in jail in Capernaum?
(a) A legionary sees that he has money.
(b) He attacks a centurian.
(c) He is drunk in public.
(d) He steals food from a vendor.

4. On their way to Cana, what surprise does Justus tell Marcellus he has for him there?
(a) A lame woman who sings beautifully.
(b) A wonderful teller of tales.
(c) Demetrius.
(d) His grandson, Jonathan.

5. On the night Jesus is on trial, what does his disciple Simon do that makes him sick with remorse?
(a) He disbelieves in Jesus's miracles.
(b) He denies knowing Jesus.
(c) He does not fight off the Roman soldiers.
(d) He turns Jesus in to the authorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Demetrius respond to Lucia when she says it may not hurt the slaves to be happy this one time?

2. Upon his return to the Gallio household in Rome, who does Demetrius discover has become a Christian?

3. Why does Simon want Christians to sell their property and bring the proceeds to the Ecclesia?

4. What does Stephanos do when Marcellus lets him see and touch the robe in Chapter 19?

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

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. 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?

3. When Justus tells Marcellus a story about a wealthy nobleman who followed Jesus around and wondered how he could get what Jesus has, what does the man discover he must do?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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