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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 Demetrius tell Marcellus about his new religion?
(a) He is a Christian.
(b) He is Jewish.
(c) He is a Greek Christian Orthodox.
(d) He is an Atheist.

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 sad story of death.
(c) A story of a broken man.
(d) A story of redemption.

3. How does Miriam account to Marcellus for her sudden ability to sing?
(a) She admits to practicing.
(b) She went into the hot springs.
(c) She tells him it is a secret.
(d) She imitates the birds.

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

5. Who is Dodinius?
(a) Prince Gaius' son.
(b) The emperor's butler.
(c) The emperor's oracle reader.
(d) The builder of Diana's villa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonathan reveal to Marcellus?

2. What does Demetrius decide he must do after the incident with Quintus in Chapter XI?

3. When Jesus calls to say hello to Bartholomew in Capernaum, what name does he call him by?

4. What does Jesse sell to the Centurian named Hortensius?

5. What does Marcellus intend to do with all of the homespun goods he has and does not need?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Jesus refer to Bartholomew as Nathanael?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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