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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Mary Magdalene & Claudia - Pilate's Wife.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was unusual about the pregnancy of Mary, the mother of Jesus?
(a) The pregnancy lasted less than nine months.
(b) Mary was too old to have children when she conceived.
(c) Mary was a virgin when she conceived.
(d) The pregnancy lasted twelve months.

2. What was the name of Jochebed's daughter?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Dinah.

3. Which Roman ruler sent out a decree that a census of the Roman world would be taken?
(a) Pontius Pilate.
(b) Caesar Augustus.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Marc Antony.

4. What was the levirate marriage law?
(a) A law that a woman had to have parental permission to wed.
(b) A law that Canaanites had to marry other Canaanites.
(c) The custom of a widow marrying her husband's brother.
(d) The law that a man had to be twenty-eight before marrying.

5. From which of Jochebed's children did the Hebrew priesthood descend?
(a) Mary.
(b) Miriam.
(c) Moses.
(d) Aaron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have some biblical commentators speculated that Mary Magdalene's devils were instead of demons?

2. From where did the name Mary Magdalene originate?

3. With what color hair have master painters depicted Mary Magdalene?

4. What did an angel ask Mary Magdalene after Christ's death?

5. What warning did Pilate's wife give Pilate?

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