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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jesus tell Simeon when he arrives home and finds Simeon there?
(a) Jesus tells Simeon that he defies God's will for his mother's sake.
(b) Jesus tells Simeon to get out of his house.
(c) Jesus tells Simeon that he will resist God until he dies.
(d) Jesus tells Simeon that he is not the Messiah.

2. Who orders Barabbas to leave?
(a) Zebedee.
(b) Salome.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Judas.

3. Who is "The Curse"?
(a) An armor-clad woman with an eagle's head.
(b) An invisible vulture that claws at Jesus's head.
(c) A snake with a woman's head.
(d) Mary Magdalene.

4. What is Mary doing when Simeon visits?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Making soap.
(c) Spinning wool.
(d) Tending to her animals.

5. Why does Jacob resist when Barabbas drags Mary Magdalene out?
(a) He wants to observe Moses's law.
(b) He is in love with Mary Magdalene.
(c) He knows how angry Jesus will be.
(d) He and Mary Magdalene were childhood friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Abbot Joachim's last speech about?

2. Why is Abbot Joachim starving himself to death?

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

4. Who is helping Barabbas, in Chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs between Judas, Zebedee, and Philip when they meet in Capernaum during the storm?

2. Why is Abbot Joachim dying?

3. What are Jesus's beliefs regarding the Messiah at the beginning of the novel?

4. In Chapter 11, what does Simeon say to Jesus about the possibility of Jesus being the Messiah?

5. What do Mary and Simeon talk about when he visits her in Chapter 5?

6. What do Jesus and Nathaniel talk about at the wedding of Nathaniel's nephew?

7. What does Simeon advise Jesus to do, in Chapter 10, and how does Jesus respond?

8. Why does the mob chase Mary Magdalene to Capernaum?

9. What is the subject of Joachim's last speech to the monks?

10. Why does Judas decide not to kill Jesus at the monastery?

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