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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 happens when Stephanos speaks to a crowd of priests and well-dressed men from the business district?

2. What language are Demetrius and Marcello practicing at the beginning of Chapter 11?

3. Why does Marcellus tell Paulus that he will be going to Jerusalem in Chapter 18?

4. While on his journey in the small provinces with Justus, what does Marcellus carry in the bottom on his gunny bag?

5. How does Marcellus answer when Miriam asks him what he is really doing in Galilee?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Justus tells Marcellus the story of Lydia touching Jesus's robe and being cured, why does Marcellus believe every word of it?

2. After Marcellus tells his father of his experiences concerning Jesus, what does the senator advise him to do about it with Tiberius?

3. Why is it that Marcipor does not want to let Marcellus know about his turn to Christianity at this point?

4. When Marcellus asks Demetrius about his experiences with Christians in Jerusalem in Chapter 19, why does he seem to arguing with him and interrogating him?

5. What does Marcellus do to try and find out from Justus why Miriam's disposition improves so suddenly?

6. Why has it never occurred to Marcellus that being a Roman citizen would ever be an inconvenience?

7. How does Simon, the big fisherman, come to know Demetrius?

8. Why is Celia, Quintus' wife, beside herself with anxiety and jealousy concerning Prince Gaius?

9. Why does Paulus decide to let Demetrius go free in Chapter 18?

10. When Marcellus receives a letter from Demetrius who is in Jerusalem, what does Demetrius suggest Marcellus do once he arrives there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Marcellus's and Justus's views on the acts Jesus is known for doing: turning water into wine, giving Miriam the great gift of singing, Jonathan having his foot healed, Lydia being healed of a longstanding disease and Jesus having a storm obey his command to stop.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

When Demetrius writes his first letter to Marcellus once he has reached Jerusalem, why does he make note of the sign of a fish he finds in different locations? What importance and meaning does this drawing have to both men? How will Marcellus make use of this information?

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