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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 does Stephanos do when Marcellus lets him see and touch the robe in Chapter 19?
2. What favor did Demetrius do for Fulvius while traveling on the Vestis?
3. Why is Justus becoming suspicious of Marcellus at the beginning of Chapter 14?
4. What has the group Simon called together for a daily supper been doing?
5. On the night Jesus is on trial, what does his disciple Simon do that makes him sick with remorse?
Short Essay Questions
1. What part of Justus's personality does Marcellus see in Cana that he has not noticed before?
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 Marcellus arrives at Benyosef's shop in Jerusalem, why is it that he does not find Demetrius there?
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. Why does Jesus refer to Bartholomew as Nathanael?
6. How does Justus explain to Marcellus Jesus's idea of people giving things away without worrying about providing for their own dependents?
7. Why is Celia, Quintus' wife, beside herself with anxiety and jealousy concerning Prince Gaius?
8. Why does Paulus decide to let Demetrius go free in Chapter 18?
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. After Marcellus tells his father of his experiences concerning Jesus, what does the senator advise him to do about it with Tiberius?
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 Demetrius arrives to join Marcellus and Justus in their camp, they have dinner. Demetrius, knowing his place as a slave, stands instead of sitting with the men. Justus finds this appalling. What is Justus' reasoning for Demetrius having the right to join them at the table? Why is Demetrius happy enough with things as they are? What does Jonathan point out that gives Justus some food for thought?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the manner in which Marcellus has come to change by the end of Chapter 7. What has brought about this change? What might Marcellus main emotion be in order to summarize his new frame of mind?
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