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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Simeon rebuke Jesus after the Abbot's funeral?
(a) Jesus is showing too much weakness.
(b) Jesus is trying to defy God's will.
(c) Jesus has no pity for his mother.
(d) Jesus could have saved the Abbot.

2. Why is Philip afraid to take Judas's side in his argument with Zebedee?
(a) He doesn't trust Judas.
(b) He thinks that Judas is cursed.
(c) Zebedee is his employer.
(d) He is afraid to associate himself with Judas and Jesus.

3. Jacob sees Jesus in Magdala, and mentally compares him to whom?
(a) Judas.
(b) Moses.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Zebedee.

4. What is Jesus's defense to save himself from God hunting him?
(a) Hiding himself in the monastery.
(b) Doing what he can to keep the Romans out of Nazareth.
(c) Committing every conceivable sin to make God detest him.
(d) Helping his disciples to see him as human.

5. What does Jesus believe about the Messiah?
(a) He does not believe that the Messiah is coming.
(b) He believes that he is the Messiah.
(c) He believes that people will not be ready when the Messiah comes.
(d) He believes that he will die alone, crowned with thorns, atop a mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pronounces Abbot Joachim dead?

2. What happens to Jesus in his dreams?

3. When does the clawing sensation occur for Jesus?

4. What does Jesus tell Simeon when he arrives home and finds Simeon there?

5. Who is the first person to be executed in the novel?

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