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title: Jesus' life and teaching — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics
description: Lesson 13 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 7 of 11 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Jesus' life and teaching

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**Tests:** 7 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 13 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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cousin: «Jesus said yes to the devil once in the desert, then stopped». right?

- **1.** No, he said no every single time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** Yes, he gave in to the first temptation — no support
- **3.** No, he was never tempted at all — score 1
- **4.** Yes, then the disciples saved him — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 4: «Jesus later said that hate in the heart is already the start of murder, so the commandments are not only about what we do but also about what we want and feel.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «jesus» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Atheist friend: «If Jesus did nothing wrong, why get baptised?» A fair Christian answer?

- **1.** Because he had done many wrongs — no support
- **2.** Because John forced him into the river — no support
- **3.** Because baptism made him God's Son — no support
- **4.** To join ordinary people at the start of his work — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 1: «Jesus began his work when John the Baptist baptised him in the river Jordan and a voice said «This is my Son, whom I love»; then for forty days in the desert h…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «begin» (+2); the same thing acted on «work» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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«Zacchaeus just said sorry, that's all». What is missing from that retelling?

- **1.** Jesus refused to go to his house — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He became one of the twelve apostles — no support
- **3.** He put it right by paying back four times — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He was sent to prison afterwards — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Older brother: «Jesus only hung out with good church people, obviously». Put him right.

- **1.** He ate with tax collectors and sinners others avoided — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He refused to talk to Samaritans — no support
- **3.** He only ever met priests and teachers inside the Temple — no support
- **4.** He sent children away from crowds — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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ugh my little sis keeps tagging along, mates say tell her to get lost. what did Jesus do with kids

- **1.** He told them to go home and wait — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** He welcomed them: «Let the children come to me» — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** He let only the oldest ones stay — no support
- **4.** He said children should not be seen — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 13, line 13: «Martha was busy serving while her sister Mary sat listening to Jesus, and Jesus said Mary had chosen the better part.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «jesus» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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«Martha was lazy and Mary did all the work». What actually happened?

- **1.** Martha was busy serving while Mary sat listening — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** Both sat listening and nobody served — no support
- **3.** Mary went out and Martha stayed home — no support
- **4.** Martha slept all afternoon while Mary cooked for everyone — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 13: «Martha was busy serving while her sister Mary sat listening to Jesus, and Jesus said Mary had chosen the better part.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «martha» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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There's a kid nobody sits with at lunch cos he «smells weird». What would follow Jesus' way with outcasts?

- **1.** Sit with him and include him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** Laugh along so you don't get left out — no support
- **3.** Tell a teacher to move him elsewhere — no support
- **4.** Ignore it, it's not your problem — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 8: «Jesus called fishermen such as Peter, Andrew, James and John, saying «Follow me and I will make you fishers of people».», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «jesus» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Hindu classmate asks: «What is the main rule of Christianity in one line?»

- **1.** Never eat meat on any Friday — no support
- **2.** Read the whole Bible every year — no support
- **3.** Go to church every single Sunday, whatever happens — no support
- **4.** Love God, and love your neighbour as yourself — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 3: «Asked for the greatest commandment, he said: love God with all your heart, soul and mind, and love your neighbour as yourself.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «love» (+2); the same thing acted on «neighbour» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Judge: «Why might Jesus have chosen fishermen rather than important people?»

- **1.** He chose ordinary people and changed their lives — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Fishermen were the richest men around — no support
- **3.** Only fishermen could read the Scriptures — no support
- **4.** Important people had all said no first — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Which person in this lesson was a Samaritan?

- **1.** Zacchaeus the tax collector — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Martha of Bethany — no support
- **3.** Peter the fisherman — no support
- **4.** The woman at the well — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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«Love your neighbour as yourself» — what does it suggest about how you treat yourself?

- **1.** You should value yourself too, and others as much — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** You should hate yourself so you can love others more — score 5
- **3.** It says nothing at all about yourself — no support
- **4.** You should only love neighbours, not yourself — **← Mova's choice** · score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 3: «Asked for the greatest commandment, he said: love God with all your heart, soul and mind, and love your neighbour as yourself.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «neighbour» (+3); the same action «love» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the location at which Jesus received baptism at the hands of John.

- **1.** The well of Samaria — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The river Jordan — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The Temple in Jerusalem — no support
- **4.** The Sea of Galilee — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the commandment designated by Jesus as the greatest?

- **1.** Love of God with the whole heart, soul and mind — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Payment of a tenth of one's income — no support
- **3.** Avoidance of all contact with sinners — no support
- **4.** Strict observance of the Sabbath rest — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 7: «The first commandments are about loving God, and the rest about loving other people.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+2); the same thing acted on «god» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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It is given that Zacchaeus, a collector of taxes, received Jesus into his house. Ascertain his subsequent conduct.

- **1.** He resigned his office and fled the town — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He restored fourfold that which he had wrongfully taken — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He declined to make any restitution whatsoever — no support
- **4.** He was received among the twelve apostles — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Christian season of Lent.

- **1.** It commemorates the journey of the magi — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit — no support
- **3.** It commemorates forty days of Jesus' temptation in the desert — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It commemorates the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/e4/)

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