Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Christopher Moore
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Christopher Moore
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Mary do to Joshua to further hide his identity when his faces shows up on a bread during Passover?

2. Who notes that he lusts after Joshua's mother, which earns him a punch in the nose from his friend?

3. __________ becomes panicky during the slaughter of the lambs in the temple for Passover.

4. ____________ sends everyone home with a warning not to pull any more strange pranks without letting him get drunk.

5. Who has sex with a prostitute in order to try to explain sex to another character in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Jerusalem, Biff and Joshua come upon John the Baptist. What is John doing when they first see him?

2. What do Biff and Joshua do in order to shorten their trip to Antioch?

3. What are the two rules of the Romans, as Gaius reveals to the children when they are at the funeral?

4. What does Bart, the town idiot, advise that Biff do when he sees Biff crying by the well?

5. What is Joshua's response when Maggie talks about wanting to be a fisherman as they are discussing apprenticeships?

6. What reduces Mary's credibility in her talking about the virgin birth of Joshua, according to Biff's storytelling?

7. What does Biff claim to have invented, which was then named by Bart, though Joshua does not understand this?

8. What do the Pharisees want in return for the release of Joseph and the other accused people in the death of the Roman?

9. What does Biff do in order to help Joshua begin to understand the idea of sex and what happens?

10. What does Biff find about the writing in the Bible when he finally gets a chance to read it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Biff is very curious as to how the events in the Bible are portrayed, finally securing a copy of the Bible to see how others have written about his lifetime.

Part 1: Why do you think Biff is so interested in learning more about the way the stories have been told?

Part 2: Why do you think Raziel doesn't want Biff to read any of the Bible's version of events?

Part 3: Do you think Biff needed to see what was already written down about his times? Or would it have been better for him to not have looked at the Bible? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Biff is given the gift of being able to speak in English slang and idioms, which allows the story to be told in modern day vernacular and style.

Part 1: Do you think the writing style is effective for this story? Does the writing style make the story more or less enjoyable?

Part 2: Why do you think the author decided that Biff could tell the story in a modern voice?

Part 3: What effect does the humor in the story have on the actual events within the story as it is told?

Essay Topic 3

While at first glance, it can seem like LAMB is a book that's purely meant to be funny, it seems to have a deeper level of meaning than just entertainment.

Part 1: What did you think about the book? Did you enjoy it or not? Support your answer with solid reasoning.

Part 2: Why do you think some people may not like this book? What might be the trouble with a satirical look at the Bible?

Part 3: Do you think the fact that LAMB might cause discussions (both positive and negative) is the point of the book? Why or why not?

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