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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Lucia?

2. Why does Tiberius rescind his offer to make Marcellus commander of the villa guard after hearing Marcus' story in Chapter 10?

3. What does Demetrius bring to Benjamin when he visits him in Chapter 9?

4. What are Marcellus's orders from Prince Gaius?

5. When Demetrius shows Marcellus the Robe, how does Marcellus react?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Tiberius suddenly change his mind about giving Marcellus a job in Capri?

2. When Lucia tells her friend, Diana, that Demetrius gave her a ring before he left with Marcellus, how does Diana react?

3. Why is Lucia so upset when Marcellus tells her that he laughed at Prince Gaius and his son at the previous night's banquet?

4. What conclusion does Marcellus arrive at when he reflects seriously on the nature of the Robe in Chapter 9?

5. When Marcellus asks Paulus if he ever tries to make up one of his own gods, how does Paulus respond?

6. Why is Marcellus's being sent to a post in Minoa considered to be a form of exile for him?

7. When Marcellus writes a letter to Diana in Chapter 5, what does he decide to convey to her?

8. Why is Zeno's master, Popygos, upset that everyone in Jerusalem is mixed up with the case of the man from Nazareth?

9. In Chapter 1, Marcus asks Lucia why she is being so unusually considerate of the new twin slaves, Helen and Nesta. What is Lucia's response?

10. Why does Pontius Pilate wash his hands in a basin in view of the civilian audience of Jewish merchants?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Can the character of Marcellus be justifiably compared to Jesus? If not, who can, and how?

Essay Topic 2

While speaking with Marcus Gallio in Chapter 10, Emperor Tiberius begins to rant about the empire's administration in Jerusalem and Herod, the prefect. Discuss Tiberius's feelings towards Pontius Pilate and Herod. What does the world think of the Roman Empire according to Tiberius?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Marcellus's feelings about the robe from when he first sees it until the end of Chapter 8, when it miraculously seems to cure him of his depression. What has changed?

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