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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. Where do Ana and Yaltha go to seek refuge in Part IV?

2. What does Ana do with Jesus as a pretense to telling him about her pregnancy?

3. What does Ana say to Jesus when they separate in Part IV?

4. What does Haran accuse Apion of doing, which he is correct about?

5. Who is Yaltha's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jesus say to his brother James when James asks him if he cares more for the poor than for his own brother?

2. What effect does Jesus's time with John the Immerser have on his life path?

3. How does Ana feel when she becomes pregnant in Part III?

4. Why would a discovery of what Haran really did with Chaya be so damaging to Haran?

5. What does Yaltha tell Ana when her baby is stillborn?

6. Why does Judas say Herod Antipas is looking to dispose of his wife Phasaelis?

7. Why does Ana let the lambs out of their gate at the Temple in Jerusalem?

8. Why does Ana have her own portrait painted in Part IV?

9. What secret does Yaltha tell Ana immediately following the death of Ana's baby?

10. Why does James hesitate to summon Jesus back from his work after the death of Ana's baby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of common ground do Ana and Jesus find on the topic of God and religion? Where do some of Ana's and Jesus's beliefs and feelings about God and religion differ in significant ways? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the tensions and conflicts that eventually arise in Ana's quite happy marriage with Jesus? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why is Ana so opposed to her betrothal to Nathaniel, and why does her reaction to Nathaniel's unexpected death before their marriage bring more misery and difficulty into her life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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