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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what occasion does Paulus tell Marcellus that a company of men must be sent into Jerusalem?
(a) The sabbath.
(b) Passover.
(c) Yom Kippur.
(d) Rosh Hashanah

2. What is the Sanhedrin?
(a) The Greek army.
(b) A Jewish legislative body.
(c) A group of moneylenders.
(d) Jerusalem's security force.

3. What does Melas tell Demetrius will happen to Jesus when Demetrius asks?
(a) He will suffer for three days.
(b) He will be crucified.
(c) Big black birds will attack him.
(d) He will be hung from a gallows.

4. Why does Marcellus avoid talking with the Eupolis family?
(a) He does not particularly like them.
(b) He does not want them to witness one of his mysterious seizures.
(c) He is afraid he will be attracted to Theodosia.
(d) He feels they are below him.

5. How does Benjamin think the temple will feel if the messiah actually made an appearance on earth?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Content.
(c) Overjoyed.
(d) Repentant.

6. What does Marcellus wish he had done before leaving for his departing ship?
(a) Written a will.
(b) Refused his orders to go.
(c) Left Demetrius behind.
(d) Kissed Diana.

7. What is the name of the ship Marcellus and Demetrius take to Greece?
(a) The Joppa.
(b) The Tullus.
(c) The Clytia.
(d) The Vestris.

8. What does Pontius Pilate do to anger the Jews so much that it causes a seven-month war?
(a) Raises the taxes for the moneylenders.
(b) Takes a bath in the public fountain.
(c) Uses funds from the temple treasury to build an aqueduct.
(d) Insults the Sanhedrin.

9. Why are still stains on the robe Marcellus brings to Benjamin to fix?
(a) They are not stains; they are flaws in the fabric.
(b) Benjamin refuses to remove them.
(c) Marcellus orders Benjamin not to try to wash the robe.
(d) They will not come out.

10. What condition is Paulus in when he speaks with Marcellus in Chapter 6?
(a) Sick.
(b) Very sad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Drunk.

11. How does Paulus address Marcellus for the first time in Chapter 6?
(a) As "commander."
(b) As "sir."
(c) As "Marcellus."
(d) As "Mr. Gallios."

12. Who asks Demetrius to pick up a coat laying near the foot of the central cross in Chapter 6?
(a) Marcellus.
(b) A weeping woman.
(c) Jesus's followers.
(d) Paulus.

13. What does Marcellus want Paulus to do after the fight?
(a) Apologize for his conduct.
(b) Bow down to him.
(c) Write an apology to Rome.
(d) Leave Gaza.

14. How does Demetrius perceive Jesus to be in Chapter 5?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Victorious.
(c) Satisfied.
(d) Lonely.

15. According to Benjamin, what do the Romans believe all men are?
(a) Equal.
(b) Righteous.
(c) Made in God's image.
(d) Beasts.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Demetrius returns to Rome, he tells Lucia that Marcellus repeats this question over and over:

2. What does one of Pilate's legionnaires tell Paulus he had heard that Jesus intends to do if the temple is torn down?

3. Why must Marcus Gallio make a visit to the emperor in Capri?

4. Who is second in command at Minoa?

5. What does Marcellus ask of the innkeeper, Dion, at Eupolis that meets with Dion's disapproval?

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