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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 many people are situated at the crucifixion site as Demetrius nears it?
2. Who are Helen and Nesta?
3. According to Paulus, what does Pilate ask Jesus during his trial?
4. Who asks Demetrius to pick up a coat laying near the foot of the central cross in Chapter 6?
5. What does Demetrius bring to Benjamin when he visits him in Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does Pontius Pilate wash his hands in a basin in view of the civilian audience of Jewish merchants?
3. According to one report, when one witness testifies that Jesus professes to be a king, what is Pilate's reaction?
4. 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?
5. What is Marcus Gallio's attitude toward the acquisition of slaves?
6. Why is Lucia so upset when Marcellus tells her that he laughed at Prince Gaius and his son at the previous night's banquet?
7. How does Marcellus come to own Jesus's robe?
8. What makes Tiberius suddenly change his mind about giving Marcellus a job in Capri?
9. After Marcellus has touched the robe in Chapter 8 and feels a great relief, he speaks with Demetrius about it. Where does their conversation about the robe's powers lead to?
10. When Marcellus writes a letter to Diana in Chapter 5, what does he decide to convey to her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is the story of what happened at Anna's wedding with the water being turned into wine such an important one? What connection does Marcellus make to increase the importance of the story?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
What choices do Marcellus and Diana make that affect many others? In what ways?
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