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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Abbot Joachim's last speech about?
(a) Reasons why the Israelites should rise up against the Romans.
(b) The imminent arrival of the Messiah.
(c) Freedom, slavery, and liberation.
(d) God's loving and forgiving nature.

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

3. Who is the first person to be executed in the novel?
(a) Judas.
(b) The Zealot.
(c) Simeon.
(d) John the Baptist.

4. When does the clawing sensation occur for Jesus?
(a) Whenever he feels pleasure.
(b) Whenever he has committed a sin.
(c) Whenever he is in close proximity to the Devil.
(d) Whenever something bad happens to one of his disciples.

5. What does Jesus's mother recall as he passes her, carrying the cross that he built?
(a) A message that was delivered to her by God.
(b) The visitors that brought him gifts when he was young.
(c) The moment of his birth.
(d) Happy memories of his childhood.

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

7. When did Jesus first feel the clawing sensation?
(a) At 15.
(b) At 9.
(c) At 12.
(d) At 3.

8. Where does Jesus think the animals have come from?
(a) His imagination.
(b) His bowels.
(c) The river.
(d) Hell.

9. What is Barabbas planning on doing in Chapter 1?
(a) Rounding up Jesus's disciples.
(b) Arresting Mary Magdalene.
(c) Arresting Jesus.
(d) Stopping an execution.

10. What does Simeon say to the men who move to block Jesus's path, as he carries the cross he built?
(a) He tells them not to impede God's will.
(b) He threatens them.
(c) He encourages them.
(d) He says nothing.

11. Who is helping Barabbas, in Chapter 1?
(a) The Zealots.
(b) Jesus and his disciples.
(c) Zebedee and his workers.
(d) The Israelites.

12. Why does the old woman feed Jesus?
(a) She is embittered that the monastery took her son.
(b) She knows that there is something special about him.
(c) She knows that he is the Messiah.
(d) She is afraid of what he might do if she doesn't feed him.

13. What is the rabbi's usual cry to God?
(a) "How long?"
(b) "What would you have me do?"
(c) "Sanctuary!"
(d) "My master!"

14. Why does Philip want to murder Jesus?
(a) Philip does not believe that Jesus is the Messiah.
(b) Philip despises Jesus's father.
(c) Philip is in love with Mary Magdalene.
(d) Jesus is a cross-maker.

15. What are the men doing in Zebedee's yard at the beginning of autumn?
(a) Building a boat.
(b) Processing grapes into wine.
(c) Cleaning fish and preparing them for market.
(d) Shaving the wool from his sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Judas waver in his intent to kill Jesus in the monastery?

2. Who is the rich man who wants Jesus to perform sorcery to rid him of nightmares?

3. Who visits Jesus in Chapter 1?

4. What does Simeon wonder about Jesus when they are at the monastery together?

5. What does Mary Magdalene dare Jesus to admit?

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