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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. What does one of Pilate's legionnaires tell Paulus he had heard that Jesus intends to do if the temple is torn down?

2. Why must Marcus Gallio make a visit to the emperor in Capri?

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

4. What does Marcellus do the morning after feeling cleansed by touching the robe?

5. Who is Diana?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the emperor become especially interested when Marcus asks him if he has ever heard of the messiah?

2. What incident compels Demetrius to change his mind about running away with Melas?

3. What does Demetrius tell Marcellus about his belief in the gods?

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

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

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

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

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

9. According to one report, when one witness testifies that Jesus professes to be a king, what is Pilate's reaction?

10. What is Marcellus's condition when Demetrius returns home with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hariph visits Marcellus in his tent and tells him stories of Jesus healing people, turning water into wine, and feeding a crowd of five thousand with small basket of bread and two fish. Of these stories, why is it that Marcellus believes the story of feeding the people the most? How does this story connect the most for him with the sayings of Jesus?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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