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

2. What does Elisha accidentally do in Jewish academy class one day?
(a) Drops a Greek scroll in class.
(b) Sets fire to the scrolls in class.
(c) Trips over a student.
(d) Slams his fingers in the door.

3. What is Abuyah's dying wish for Elisha to fulfill?
(a) That Elisha train to become a rabbi and sage.
(b) That Elisha do what his uncle, Amram, tells him to do.
(c) That Elisha will be wholehearted and not torn in two.
(d) That Elisha burn all books and documents that are not Jewish.

4. What do the workers, numbering over 500, want to do after the command to leave?
(a) Stay and fight.
(b) Gladly leave.
(c) Pretend they do not hear the command.
(d) Go home to their families.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Elisha present his idea to about Greek literature?

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

3. Which two friends of Elisha are going insane because of the knowledge they have gained from Greek literature?

4. When Elisha's trial period as a sage apprentice is over, what does he decide to do?

5. How does Elisha try to console Deborah after she becomes pregnant twice and loses both babies?

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