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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. Who, by rumor, will be taking over the Fort at Capernaum?
(a) Paulus.
(b) Herod.
(c) Pilate.
(d) Caiaphus.

2. Upon his return to the Gallio household in Rome, who does Demetrius discover has become a Christian?
(a) Marcipor.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Decimus.
(d) Servius.

3. Why is it believed by those at Capri that Diana is being detained against her own wishes?
(a) Someone reads her personal journals.
(b) She is overheard begging the emperor to let her go home.
(c) She confides in her housemaid.
(d) When her mother visits, Diana cries upon her departure.

4. What does Stephanos do when Marcellus lets him see and touch the robe in Chapter 19?
(a) He shows little interest.
(b) He loudly professes his faith.
(c) He goes mad with depression.
(d) He faints from the privilege.

5. According to Justus, how do Jews express themselves since they neither carve nor draw?
(a) They write poetry.
(b) They sing and tell stories.
(c) They play-act and write.
(d) They paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Gallio household react to Marcellus's return from Jerusalem in Chapter 20?

2. What has the group Simon called together for a daily supper been doing?

3. Why is Celia furious with Gaius?

4. Why does Bartholomew sit all day long watching the road?

5. What does Marcellus offer to lend Tiberius in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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