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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Elisha and his friends are at the home of Simeon ben Azzai, what happens to their host?
(a) The host arrives completely drunk.
(b) Simeon ben Azzai says he is ready to meet God and dies in their arms.
(c) He claims he no longer trusts in God.
(d) The host kills the other Simeon.

2. Why is Elisha overcome with discontent when he visits with Meir and Beruriah?
(a) Meir and Beruriah mock Elisha for his educational background.
(b) They tell him that the Sanhedrin will indict him.
(c) They tell Elisha that they can no longer see him.
(d) He lacks the proper education to study Greek literature well.

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

4. Which renewed friend provides Elisha with a cover to get the books he needs?
(a) Meir.
(b) Nicholaus.
(c) Simeon.
(d) Uncle Amram.

5. What type of teaching does Amram follow in his life, and how important is it to him?
(a) Amram is an unrelenting zealot in the Jewish tradition.
(b) Amram is an unrelenting zealot in the Greek tradition.
(c) Amram follows both the Greek and Jewish teachings.
(d) Amram is an atheist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicholaus tell Elisha when Elisha says he cannot repress his feelings and obsession with finding the truth?

2. Where are Elisha and Pappas going when they run into Theo?

3. Who attends lecture and symposia with Elisha?

4. What is Deborah bothered by when around Meir and his wife?

5. Where does the plague strike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think Shraga is right to rebel against the Roman government and fight for his beliefs?

2. What do the two famous sages, Eliezer and Joshua, discuss at Elisha's circumcision ceremony?

3. Why is Elisha fascinated by Akiba when he meets him?

4. Elisha sees a young boy climbing a tree for bird eggs. What happens to the little boy and how does it affect Elisha?

5. In Part One, Chapter X, does Elisha seem happy? Why?

6. In the Prologue, what do the sages debate over and what do they decide?

7. In Part One, Chapter VI, what does Uncle Amram teach Elisha about his estate?

8. How does Shraga treat Elisha when they're working on the merchant's court case together?

9. Why is Elisha unjustly brought to court for sentencing?

10. What do you think Abuyah means by his dying words to Elisha?

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