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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. Does Abuyah consort with pagan philosophers and read Greek books?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Sometimes, but he hides his beliefs from everyone.
(d) When he was younger, but he does not do so anymore.

2. What is Elisha dismayed to discover when he arrives to help with the court case?
(a) Shraga is one of the other sages on the case.
(b) The case is already settled.
(c) Elisha is the only one on the case.
(d) Shraga is not on the court case with him.

3. While the seventy sages of the Sanhedrin are in session, who raises the question about whether a man should use Greek books and letters to read and study?
(a) A Rabbi.
(b) Elisha.
(c) The Patriarch.
(d) Abuyah.

4. What idea does Elisha present to his friends about Greek literature?
(a) That they burn all Greek literature.
(b) Studying it could help people forget their faith.
(c) That the Sanhedrin tax owners of Greek literature.
(d) Studying it could help counter debate.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who arrives at the Temple Mount to stop the work on the rebuilding of the Temple?

5. How does Joshua, his old instructor, feel about Elisha?

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