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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to people who are caught practicing Jewish traditions and teachings?
(a) No one is caught.
(b) They are praised.
(c) No one in the book practices Jewish traditions and teachings.
(d) They are executed.

2. What sort of people does Elisha find himself in the company of after accepting an invitation to dinner by one of the rhetoricians?
(a) Hedonistic and self centered.
(b) Polite and well educated.
(c) Rabbis and sages.
(d) Both religious zealots and scientists.

3. How does Elisha begins his life as a Rabbi?
(a) Judging in Usha.
(b) Helping widows and children.
(c) Giving up all his possessions.
(d) By signing documents.

4. What does Rufus do when he realizes Elisha has tried to deceive him?
(a) Arrests Elisha and Pappas.
(b) Arrests only Elisha.
(c) Doesn't realize Elisha has deceived him.
(d) Strongly reprimands Elisha.

5. What task has Rabbi Judah ben Baba been chosen for during the meeting in the attic?
(a) To conduct the sacrifice of a small sheep.
(b) To execute Elisha for his unbelief.
(c) To perform the ceremony for the new rabbis.
(d) To ask the Romans to leave them alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Elisha dismayed to discover when he arrives to help with the court case?

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

3. How is Elisha welcomed when he arrives at the home of Pappas in Antioch?

4. What does Manto decide Elisha should do, after she becomes involved in his quest?

5. Why has Elisha been called to return to Israel?

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