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Masada I Worksheet

The document contains a passage from Masada I describing two women, ages 70 and 30, imprisoned with their 5 children. The children's father had died fighting the Romans in Judea. The mother had not wanted to tell the children of their father's fate but has now changed her mind. It also asks multiple choice questions about details within the passage, such as what happened to Jerusalem in the fourth year of the Jewish rebellion against Rome and how the Romans destroyed the fortifications at Masada.

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Masada I Worksheet

The document contains a passage from Masada I describing two women, ages 70 and 30, imprisoned with their 5 children. The children's father had died fighting the Romans in Judea. The mother had not wanted to tell the children of their father's fate but has now changed her mind. It also asks multiple choice questions about details within the passage, such as what happened to Jerusalem in the fourth year of the Jewish rebellion against Rome and how the Romans destroyed the fortifications at Masada.

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Masada I, pp.

6-7

1. How old were the two women?


 70 and 30  18 and 80
 both 40  50 and 60

2. How many children were with them in prison?


 none  2
 7  5

3. What had happened to the children's father?


 he was dead  he was still in Judaea
 he had escaped from the  he was in hiding
prison

4. What two things does Simon want to know about his father?

5. Why hadn't the mother wanted to tell the children their father's fate?

6. Why has she changed her mind?

7. What happened in the fourth year of the Judaean rebellion against


Rome?
 Titus destroyed Jerusalem
 Titus negotiated a truce
 the Romans retreated from Judaea

8. Which part of the Latin identifies the leader of the Jewish survivors?
 duce Eleazārō  Lūcius Flāvius Silva
 lacum Asphaltītēn  rupem Masadem

9. Who was the Roman general at Masada?


 Titus  Eleazārō
 L. Flāvius Silva  Domitianus.

10. True or false: the Romans built a huge ramp up the side of Masada..

11. How did the Romans destroy the fortifications at Masada?


 by swarming them and dismantling them
 by fire
 with siege engines

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