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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 is the woman, Lydia, trying to get to Jesus in the crowd, cured of her illness?
2. How does Marcellus answer when Miriam asks him what he is really doing in Galilee?
3. What does Demetrius think of the ten commandments?
4. How does Demetrius discover that Paulus is the new legate of Capernaum?
5. What does Marcellus purchase from Deborah on their way to Sepphoris?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Simon Peter and Marcellus meet on the grassy knoll, what wrongdoings do they admit to one another that they need to repent for?
2. When Justus tells Marcellus a story about a wealthy nobleman who followed Jesus around and wondered how he could get what Jesus has, what does the man discover he must do?
3. When Justus tells Marcellus the story of Lydia touching Jesus's robe and being cured, why does Marcellus believe every word of it?
4. Why does Paulus tell Marcellus that he would be wise to leave for Joppa and make his way back to Rome?
5. Why has it never occurred to Marcellus that being a Roman citizen would ever be an inconvenience?
6. After Marcellus tells his father of his experiences concerning Jesus, what does the senator advise him to do about it with Tiberius?
7. Why is it that Marcipor does not want to let Marcellus know about his turn to Christianity at this point?
8. What incident results in Demetrius having to run away and leave Marcellus?
9. When Marcellus arrives at Benyosef's shop in Jerusalem, why is it that he does not find Demetrius there?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"The most dangerous implement a man can use for the repair of a damaged relationship is an abject apology." Explain the meaning of this statement made by Marcus Gallio. Do you agree with this statement? Why?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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