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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. Where do Marcellus and Demetrius arrive at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Athens.
(b) Minoa.
(c) Rome.
(d) Jerusalem.

2. What does Demetrius confess to Theodosia in the garden in Chapter 8?
(a) He wants to escape his slavery.
(b) He is very worried about Marcellus.
(c) He is in love with her.
(d) He plans to kill Marcellus.

3. What does Marcellus do at a banquet to offend Prince Gaius?
(a) He eats his food with the wrong utensils.
(b) He claims the food is rotten.
(c) He curses loudly.
(d) He laughs at Antonius and Gaius.

4. According to Paulus, what does Pilate ask Jesus during his trial?
(a) Did you say you are a king?
(b) Guilty or innocent?
(c) Did you incite a riot?
(d) What punishment should I give you?

5. How does Benjamin, the tailor, know where the robe is from just by looking at it?
(a) He knows it is what Jesus wore in Jerusalem.
(b) It is made by Samaritans, in their style.
(c) It is so shabby that he can tell it from a worn-down region.
(d) The Robe is woven without a seam, which is done only in Galilee.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what occasion does Paulus tell Marcellus that a company of men must be sent into Jerusalem?

2. When Demetrius shows Marcellus the Robe, how does Marcellus react?

3. Why does Pilate dip his hands in a basin of water and fling the water off his fingers?

4. How many people are situated at the crucifixion site as Demetrius nears it?

5. Who is awakened from his bed to hear the case about Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Marcellus asks Paulus if he ever tries to make up one of his own gods, how does Paulus respond?

2. Why does Demetrius feel that showing Marcellus the robe might bring him out of his depression?

3. What information is Lucia attempting to extract from Demetrius concerning her brother in Chapter 1?

4. Why is Lucia so upset when Marcellus tells her that he laughed at Prince Gaius and his son at the previous night's banquet?

5. What makes Tiberius suddenly change his mind about giving Marcellus a job in Capri?

6. Why is it that Marcus's father does not believe Marcus should apologize to Gaius?

7. When Lucia tells her friend, Diana, that Demetrius gave her a ring before he left with Marcellus, how does Diana react?

8. Why does the emperor become especially interested when Marcus asks him if he has ever heard of the messiah?

9. What does Marcellus at first suspect of his slave, Demetrius, when Marcellus and his father are speaking in private and then open the door to the atrium?

10. What is Demetrius's theory of why the Jews want the Romans to leave Jerusalem?

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