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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 after Judah ben Baba ordains the new rabbi at their secret meeting?
(a) Judah ben Baba flees to Morocco.
(b) Elisha talks with Judah ben Baba about logic and faith.
(c) The Persians attack Rome.
(d) The Romans find Judah ben Baba and kill him.

2. Why is Elisha ashamed when he watches the spectacle at the local arena where men and lions kill each other?
(a) Pappas cheers on the violence maniacally.
(b) The grotesque violence causes him to laugh.
(c) His own feelings of bloodlust.
(d) He cannot stop the crowd of people from watching.

3. After sitting as an observer and Joshua's apprentice at Sanhedrin, what happened to Elisha?
(a) Elisha is ordained as a Rabbi.
(b) Elisha becomes a Bishop.
(c) Elisha moves to Italy.
(d) Elisha leaves his wife.

4. Who arrives on a Roman ship at the port of Antioch?
(a) Deborah.
(b) A delegation of the Sanhedrin.
(c) Pappas.
(d) Rufus.

5. How are over thirty rabbis able to meet in the attic of a friend in Lydda?
(a) They pretend to be merchants attending a market.
(b) They pretend to be old women attending a knitting party.
(c) They pretend to be lepers.
(d) The rabbis experience no problems and meet without disguise.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the deaths from the plague affect Elisha?

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

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

4. Who arranges that Elisha be released from jail?

5. When Elisha begins his studies on Antioch, what does he study first?

(see the answer key)

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