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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. Who, by rumor, will be taking over the Fort at Capernaum?
(a) Paulus.
(b) Caiaphus.
(c) Pilate.
(d) Herod.

2. Why does Marcellus tell Paulus that he will be going to Jerusalem in Chapter 18?
(a) The Christian leaders are there.
(b) He wants to turn himself in to Quintus.
(c) To see Jesus's tomb.
(d) He misses the area.

3. Upon his return to the Gallio household in Rome, who does Demetrius discover has become a Christian?
(a) Decimus.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Marcipor.
(d) Servius.

4. What does Marcellus intend to do with all of the homespun goods he has and does not need?
(a) Give them to Miriam.
(b) Distribute them to the poor.
(c) Throw them away.
(d) Bring them to a temple.

5. What does Jesus do for Hortensius's orderly?
(a) Frees him from slavery.
(b) Cures him of palsy.
(c) Wakes him from death.
(d) He does his work for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Gallio household react to Marcellus's return from Jerusalem in Chapter 20?

2. What has the group Simon called together for a daily supper been doing?

3. Why is Justus becoming suspicious of Marcellus at the beginning of Chapter 14?

4. What language are Demetrius and Marcello practicing at the beginning of Chapter 11?

5. What does Marcellus tell his father he intends to report to Tiberius concerning Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Simon, the big fisherman, come to know Demetrius?

2. What makes Miriam encourage Justus to tell Marcellus everything about Jesus?

3. When Marcellus asks Demetrius about his experiences with Christians in Jerusalem in Chapter 19, why does he seem to arguing with him and interrogating him?

4. Why is Celia, Quintus' wife, beside herself with anxiety and jealousy concerning Prince Gaius?

5. How does Demetrius compare the ways in which the Roman emperors get armies to give up their lives to the ways in which Jesus commands loyalty?

6. Why has it never occurred to Marcellus that being a Roman citizen would ever be an inconvenience?

7. What incident results in Demetrius having to run away and leave Marcellus?

8. What does Marcellus do to try and find out from Justus why Miriam's disposition improves so suddenly?

9. When Justus tells Marcellus a story about a wealthy nobleman who followed Jesus around and wondered how he could get what Jesus has, what does the man discover he must do?

10. Why does Paulus decide to let Demetrius go free in Chapter 18?

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