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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 call Elisha, Rabbi.
(c) She insists they kneel before Elisha.
(d) She insists they prepare a feast for themselves.

2. How do the deaths from the plague affect Elisha?
(a) He is not affected by the deaths at all.
(b) He ignores their deaths.
(c) He questions God's mercy for causing such anguish.
(d) He finds justification for their deaths in the Bible.

3. Once Elisha surveys the desolation at the Temple Mount, what does he tell Joshua?
(a) That he does not think the rebuilding will ever happen.
(b) That he is glad the rebuilding of the Temple will happen soon.
(c) That he is divorcing Deborah.
(d) That he does not believe in God.

4. What is Elisha dismayed to discover when he arrives to help with the court case?
(a) Elisha is the only one on the case.
(b) Shraga is one of the other sages on the case.
(c) The case is already settled.
(d) Shraga is not on the court case with him.

5. Who does Elisha want to seek out to answer his questions?
(a) His old childhood friends.
(b) The Christians and Gnostics.
(c) Each member of the Sanhedrin, individually.
(d) His old tutor, Josef.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stands up against the leader of the rebels?

2. What is the commander's response to the pleading of the sages?

3. Who does Elisha know that dies of the plague?

4. Who is the leader of the rebels?

5. Which two friends of Elisha are going insane because of the knowledge they have gained from Greek literature?

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