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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. According to the scroll, the emperor sends Marcellus in Athens. What does he want Marcellus to do?
2. Why is Justus worried about Jonathan getting praise from the townspeople?
3. What does Marcellus learn of the fate of Simon the fisherman when he finds the Christian meeting place has been locked up and the leaders arrested?
4. Why are many merchants coming to the daily suppers at the Ecclesia?
5. Upon his return to the Gallio household in Rome, who does Demetrius discover has become a Christian?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does Justus believe he has betrayed his people at the end of Chapter 17?
3. What incident results in Demetrius having to run away and leave Marcellus?
4. Why has it never occurred to Marcellus that being a Roman citizen would ever be an inconvenience?
5. Why does Jonathan give up his donkey to Thomas?
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 does Jesus refer to Bartholomew as Nathanael?
8. Why does Paulus decide to let Demetrius go free in Chapter 18?
9. What does Marcellus do to try and find out from Justus why Miriam's disposition improves so suddenly?
10. When Justus tells Marcellus the story of Lydia touching Jesus's robe and being cured, why does Marcellus believe every word of it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Can the character of Marcellus be justifiably compared to Jesus? If not, who can, and how?
Essay Topic 2
When Benjamin, the weaver, questions both Demetrius and Marcellus about the last days of Jesus, what is so important to him about it? What bewilders Marcellus the most the man's reactions to his answers? Why?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 21, the emperor forces Marcellus to leave Capri at once, telling him he is a fool. What does Tiberius have planned for Marcellus? Why would he not have him arrested for treason? Is it in Tiberius's interest to have Diana married off to Gaius instead of Marcellus?
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