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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Chapters V-IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Amram decide not to let Elisha become married to Theo?
(a) Deborah's family is much wealthier than Theo's.
(b) Amram thinks Theo distracts Elisha from his studies.
(c) Amram knows that Elisha is in love with Deborah.
(d) Because Theo's family is part Greek.

2. Where are Elisha and Deborah to stay when at the feast?
(a) Uncle Amram's estate.
(b) Rabbi Peter's home.
(c) Akiba's house.
(d) Their own estate.

3. While the seventy sages of the Sanhedrin are in session, who raises the question about whether a man should use Greek books and letters to read and study?
(a) Elisha.
(b) The Patriarch.
(c) A Rabbi.
(d) Abuyah.

4. When Elisha is notified that he is now a candidate for ordination, Deborah insists what of the servants?
(a) She insists they take a week off.
(b) She insists they prepare a feast for themselves.
(c) She insists they kneel before Elisha.
(d) She insists they call Elisha, Rabbi.

5. Where does Uncle Amram take Elisha to begin his training to become a rabbi and sage?
(a) The Home of Rabbi Joshua.
(b) The Red Sea.
(c) The Home of Pappas.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Sanhedrin send a delegation to Rome?

2. Who does Elisha find out he has been betrothed to?

3. When Pappas finds Elisha alone in the garden, what does he tell him?

4. Who takes over Elisha's circumcision ceremony at the absence of Abuyah?

5. Why does Deborah encourage Elisha to curry the Shraga's favor?

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