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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. Where do Marcellus and Demetrius arrive at the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. Why is Zenos's master, Popygos, upset about the constant quarrels between the Romans and the Jews?

3. How does Benjamin, the tailor, know where the robe is from just by looking at it?

4. What does Pontius Pilate do to anger the Jews so much that it causes a seven-month war?

5. What is Herod's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marcellus come to own Jesus's robe?

2. When Theodosia asks Demetrius if the robe is haunted, how does he answer?

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. Why does Benjamin question Demetrius so intently about Jesus in Chapter 9?

5. How does Marcellus find himself comparing Jesus to Plato?

6. 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?

7. Why is it that Marcus's father does not believe Marcus should apologize to Gaius?

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

9. When Marcellus tells Demetrius to give him the robe during the banquet at the Insula, why does Demetrius hesitate?

10. What does Marcellus at first suspect of his slave, Demetrius, when Marcellus and his father are speaking in private and then open the door to the atrium?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marcellus is ordered to command the fort in Minoa. What are Marcellus's tactics for taking command of the fort? What obstacles must he overcome in order to assert his authority?

Essay Topic 2

On the road to Jerusalem, Demetrius sees the Galilean, Jesus, for the first time. How is Demetrius affected by the sight of Jesus? How are those around Jesus responding to him? What is different about Demetrius's response? What does Demetrius have in common with Jesus? Explain why they both have this emotion in common.

Essay Topic 3

When Marcellus proclaims that he is a Christian when speaking with Demetrius after Stephanos's stoning, Demetrius ponders that Marcellus declares this with more pride than he ever put into a declaration stating his Roman ancestry. Compare and contrast Marcellus's Roman and Christian affiliations.

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