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

2. Why is Justus becoming suspicious of Marcellus at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) He asks too many questions.
(b) Marcellus pretends not to know Demetrius.
(c) He cries upon hearing Miriam sing.
(d) He finds the robe in Marcellus's gunny bag.

3. When Marcellus speaks of his irritation over mistreated animals, what subject does his traveling companion bring up in Chapter 12?
(a) Roman rule.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Fish.
(d) Flowers.

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 poor do not have the diseases the springs cure.
(b) The water is much too hot for them.
(c) The Romans do not allow it.
(d) It costs too much money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Demetrius reveal about himself to Paulus, the new commander at Capernaum?

2. What does Demetrius do to Tribune Quintus Lucian?

3. What happens when Stephanos speaks to a crowd of priests and well-dressed men from the business district?

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

5. How is the woman, Lydia, trying to get to Jesus in the crowd, cured of her illness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Jesus refer to Bartholomew as Nathanael?

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

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