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Grade 8 Ben Hur
Simonides demands...
  1. proof of Ben-Hur's identity.
  2. money and gifts from Ben-Hur.
  3. that Ben-Hur marry his daughter.
  4. that Ben-Hur avenge him.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
How does Ben-Hur choose to respond to the change in Messala?
  1. He determines to try to change his friend.
  2. He decides to accept his friend unconditionally.
  3. He decides to try to be like his friend.
  4. He determines to have nothing more to do with his friend.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Amrah brings her mistress and Tirzah all the following news except news of...
  1. a political riot in Jerusalem.
  2. Ben-Hur's band of Galilean soldiers.
  3. the Nazarene's power to cure.
  4. the Nazarene's passing by the lepers' tombs.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
The messenger of the Messiah tells the Widow Hur to...
  1. return to the lepers' tombs.
  2. cry "Unclean! Unclean!
  3. travel to Bethphage.
  4. call to the Nazarene.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Rabbi Joseph approaches the decurion and his horsemen to...
  1. find out information about the prisoner.
  2. try to free the prisoner.
  3. try to distract the guards so that the prisoner can escape.
  4. give water to the decurion and his men.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
The story's opening action is set in...
  1. the palace at Rome.
  2. the palace gardens on Mount Zion.
  3. Messala's home.
  4. the summerhouse on the roof.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Ben-Hur requires Simonides to return the 120 talents that had originally belonged to Ben-Hur's father and to...
  1. aid in the search for Tirzah and the Widow of Hur.
  2. return to his former role as family servant.
  3. return all the property belonging to the family.
  4. leave the city and quit his role as merchant-trader.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Gesius reveals that Gratus's maps...
  1. are wholly true.
  2. show clearly the presence of a hidden sixth cell.
  3. show only the upper floors.
  4. are too old and yellowed to read.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
As his first administrative command, Pontius Pilate orders....
  1. the assassination of Gratus.
  2. the emptying of all the prisons in Judea.
  3. an inspection of all the prisons in Judea.
  4. Gesius's imprisonment.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Why does Ben-Hur refuse to push Arrius from the plank?
  1. He realizes that the approaching ship is Roman.
  2. He refuses to break God's law.
  3. He wants Arrius to adopt him.
  4. He is too weak to obey Arrius.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
What does Ben-hur say when Arrius asks, "If you were free, what would you do?"
  1. "I would avenge myself upon my enemy Messala."
  2. "I would become a Roman soldier and overthrow the Roman tyranny."
  3. "I would seek out Simonides and regain our family fortune."
  4. "I would know no rest until my mother and Tirzah were restored to home."
Grade 8 Ben Hur
What causes Messala to lose the race?
  1. His horses become exhausted.
  2. He voluntarily takes himself out of the race.
  3. A wheel on his chariot is crushed by Ben-Hur's axle.
  4. His horse stumbles, causing him to crash.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Quintus Arrius dies...
  1. when his ship is wrecked.
  2. soon after adopting Ben-Hur.
  3. after the chariot race.
  4. immediately after he and Ben-Hur reach land.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Judah Ben-Hur receives a drink of water from...
  1. the Roman decurion.
  2. the Rabbi Joseph.
  3. a village youth.
  4. a village woman.
Grade 8 Ben Hur
Why does Ben-Hur want to enter the chariot race?
  1. to win money to enable him to find his mother and sister
  2. to defeat and humiliate Messala
  3. to win great fame in Jerusalem
  4. to avenge the torture of Simonides
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