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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. Why are many merchants coming to the daily suppers at the Ecclesia?

2. What is the Ecclesia?

3. What does Marcellus offer to lend Tiberius in Chapter 20?

4. What does Marcellus tell his father he intends to report to Tiberius concerning Jesus?

5. What does Demetrius think of the ten commandments?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What part of Justus's personality does Marcellus see in Cana that he has not noticed before?

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

6. Why does Jonathan give up his donkey to Thomas?

7. Why does Jesus refer to Bartholomew as Nathanael?

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

9. When Simon Peter and Marcellus meet on the grassy knoll, what wrongdoings do they admit to one another that they need to repent for?

10. Why does Justus believe he has betrayed his people at the end of Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Paulus is amazed with Marcellus's involvement with the followers of Jesus. They converse about the stories of Jesus performing miracles and whether or not Marcellus believes in any of it. Is Paulus's respect and admiration for Marcellus changing? What, if anything, in Paulus's words to Marcellus indicate a change in his estimation of the man? Can Paulus possibly be converted to seeing things from Marcellus's point of view?

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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