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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Elisha's first meeting with Rabbi Joshua, how does Rabbi Joshua win Elisha's confidence?
(a) Elisha admires Joshuas modest life-style.
(b) Rabbi Joshua praises Elisha.
(c) Rabbi Joshua proposes a trial period for them both.
(d) Rabbi Joshua does not win Elisha's confidence at all.

2. What gift does Elisha receive from Pappas?
(a) A Greek book.
(b) Old, ancient scrolls.
(c) A ring.
(d) An expensive lamp.

3. Whose mother dies soon after childbirth?
(a) Abuyah's mother.
(b) Elisha's mother.
(c) Amram's mother.
(d) Elisheba's mother.

4. What is the origin of Theo's name?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Roman.
(c) Danish.
(d) Greek.

5. Where are Elisha and Pappas going when they run into Theo?
(a) They are headed to watch a cow give birth.
(b) They are going to find an encampment of Roman soldiers in the area.
(c) They are going to study Greek and Roman works.
(d) They are going to find Elisha's father and his uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Elisha that there are rebels among the Jews?

2. After sitting as an observer and Joshua's apprentice at Sanhedrin, what happened to Elisha?

3. Once Elisha surveys the desolation at the Temple Mount, what does he tell Joshua?

4. What idea does Elisha present to his friends about Greek literature?

5. Who is the confusing and angry man Elisha meets at dinner before he meets Simeon ben Azzai and Simeon ben Zoma?

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