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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 Barabbas accuse Jesus of while he and his disciples are in Jerusalem?

2. Who beheads John the Baptist?

3. What happens when Jesus sheds his robe and steps into the water without repenting?

4. What does the snake, with the head of a woman, try to convince Jesus to do?

5. What does Mary Magdalene do when Jesus and his disciples leave in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jesus do in Cana?

2. What does Matthew do while Jesus and the other disciples sleep?

3. What does Jesus declare in Jerusalem that makes Simeon afraid?

4. What visions does Jesus see while he is in the desert?

5. What do Jesus's disciples do after Jesus is captured by the mob at Gethsemane?

6. What is the position of Lazarus at the end of Chapter 25?

7. What happens when Jesus and his disciples go to Magdala in Chapter 22?

8. What does the angel who visits Matthew in Capernaum demand of him?

9. Why does Simeon come to see Jesus in Capernaum?

10. What happens when Jesus rides into Jerusalem in the spring?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kazantzakis portrays Jesus as a human being who experiences temptations, sin, and vice, and who is not always welcoming of God's will. How is this portrayal of Jesus different from the way he is depicted in scripture and other religious writings? Why do you think Kazantzakis chose to portray Jesus this way? What can we infer about Kazantzakis's opinion of the accuracy of scripture? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Jesus praises Nathaniel for giving an answer that goes contrary to the law because the law goes contrary to Jesus's heart. What does Jesus feel is wrong with the existing laws? How does he propose fixing them? What, specifically, does he disagree with? Why? Is there a difference between something that is legal and something that is just? If so, what is it? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Jesus performs many miracles, but at times, he performs them incorrectly, or incompletely, as is the case with Lazarus. Why is he sometimes unable to perform miracles successfully? What is different about these attempted miracles that makes them turn out differently from the ones that are successful? Why? What might Jesus have done differently? How does he feel about these incomplete miracles? Why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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