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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. How long does the siege on Bethar last?
(a) It never ends.
(b) Three years.
(c) The siege never takes place.
(d) Four years.

2. Where did Elisha travel while studying, attending academies, and sitting with the masters?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Rome.
(c) Judea and Galilee.
(d) China.

3. Roman officers come to the house of Pappas to deliver what document to Elisha?
(a) A welcome letter from the chief justice of the province.
(b) A summons to appear before the chief justice of the province.
(c) An order from the Roman empire to leave Antioch forever.
(d) A letter from his wife, Deborah, pleading for his return.

4. What news does Pappas return to Antioch with?
(a) Deborah wants to reconcile.
(b) Deborah wants a divorce, and Joshua has become ill.
(c) The Sanhedrin now studies Greek and Roman literature.
(d) The Sanhedrin does not want to extradite Elisha, and Joshua is dead.

5. Who does Elisha know that dies of the plague?
(a) Meir's children.
(b) Deborah and her servant girl.
(c) Joseph and Josiah.
(d) All of the members of the Sanhedrin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Elisha sent, as a sage, to sit in court over a controversial issue?

2. What are the names of Meir's children?

3. Who attends lecture and symposia with Elisha?

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

5. What happens to the new rabbis after Judah ben Baba ordains them?

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