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The most spectacular and influential of all ancient leaders in the Middle East was ____________________. |
| | A) | Julius Caesar |
| | B) | Hammurabi |
| | C) | Caesar Augustus |
| | D) | Alexander the Great |
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Alexander the Great was tutored as a young man by the famous philosopher Plato. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The goal of Alexander the Great in all his conquests was to form a single world government under the auspices of Greek culture. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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This general and successor to Alexander the Great began a dynasty that ruled much of southwestern Asia after Alexander's death. |
| | A) | Seleucus |
| | B) | Julius Caesar |
| | C) | Josephus |
| | D) | Herod the Great |
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The Seleucid ruler Antiochus Epiphanes attempted to force Hellenization upon his Jewish subjects by forbidding the circumcision of Jewish male babies, outlawing Sabbath observance, and rededicating the Jerusalem Temple to the Greek god Zeus. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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These "pious ones" resisted attempts by Hellenists to force Jews to compromise the principles of their religious faith, even to the point of enduring torture and execution for their beliefs. |
| | A) | Seleucids |
| | B) | Pharisees |
| | C) | Sadducees |
| | D) | Hasidim |
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The cause of the Maccabean Revolt was ____________________. |
| | A) | the Romans' invasion of Palestine in 63 B.C.E. |
| | B) | the persecution of the Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes in the mid-second century B.C.E. |
| | C) | the birth of Jesus of Nazareth ca. 8-4 B.C.E. |
| | D) | the death of Herod the Great in 4 B.C.E. |
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The Maccabean Revolt was so called because ____________________. |
| | A) | the name "Maccabean" means "cleansing." |
| | B) | the leader of the revolt was nicknamed "Maccabeus," which means "[God's] hammer." |
| | C) | the name "Maccabean" recalls the name of a Seleucid ruler famous for persecuting Jews |
| | D) | the name "Maccabean" means "persecution." |
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The monarch ruling Palestine when Jesus was born was |
| | A) | Herod the Great |
| | B) | Alexander the Great |
| | C) | Cyrus the Great |
| | D) | Peter the Great |
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One of Herod's most important building projects was the seaport of Masada, which became the administrative capital of the Roman province of Judea. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Because of Herod's grandiose achievements as ruler over the Jews, he won their widespread acceptance, even though he was a native of Idumea, a traditional enemy of Israel. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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One of the sons of Herod the Great, _________________, is the Herod who beheaded John the Baptist and whom Jesus of Nazareth described as "that fox." |
| | A) | Herod Philip |
| | B) | Herod Agrippa |
| | C) | Herod Antipas |
| | D) | Herod Archelaus |
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In 6 C.E. the Romans deposed Herod Archelaus as ruler over Judea and replaced him with a series of Roman governors or _________________, the most famous of whom was Pontius Pilate (26-36 C.E.), the man who sentenced Jesus to death. |
| | A) | Hasidim |
| | B) | Pharisees |
| | C) | priests |
| | D) | procurators |
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The real center of power in the Mediterranean world when Jesus was born was the Roman emperor ________________. |
| | A) | Julius Caesar |
| | B) | Mark Antony |
| | C) | Augustus |
| | D) | Herod the Great |
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The Romans referred to the land where Jesus was born, lived, and died as Canaan, after the Canaanite tribes that lived there during the time of the biblical patriarchs. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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This member of the family of Herod was a devoted ally of the Pharisee party and vigorously persecuted the early church, imprisoning the apostle Peter and beheading the apostle James. |
| | A) | Herod Agrippa I |
| | B) | Herod the Great |
| | C) | Herod Antipas |
| | D) | Herod Archelaus |
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Herod Agrippa II interrogated the apostle Paul while Paul was imprisoned at Caesarea and reportedly commented that Paul almost persuaded him to become a Christian. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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This Roman emperor was the stepson of Augustus and ruled over Rome during the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. |
| | A) | Caligula |
| | B) | Nero |
| | C) | Claudius |
| | D) | Tiberius |
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This is the name of the Roman general who captured Jerusalem and burned the Jewish temple there in 70 C.E. |
| | A) | Judas Maccabeus |
| | B) | Titus |
| | C) | Vespasian |
| | D) | Nero |
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One of the most important sources of information about the Jewish revolt against Rome is _________________, a Jewish historian who was eyewitness to many of the events in the Revolt. |
| | A) | Flavius Josephus |
| | B) | Judas Maccabeus |
| | C) | Herod Agrippa II |
| | D) | Herod Archelaus |
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