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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Elisha is notified that he is now a candidate for ordination, Deborah insists what of the servants?
(a) She insists they call Elisha, Rabbi.
(b) She insists they prepare a feast for themselves.
(c) She insists they take a week off.
(d) She insists they kneel before Elisha.

2. How do the great sages go to their deaths?
(a) Knowing that they cannot save the Jewish faith.
(b) While pleading for thier lives, and renouncing their religion.
(c) With dignity, displaying their great faith.
(d) Cursing Elisha for his hand in their demise.

3. What does Elisha acknowledge to Meir after receiving the news?
(a) The Sanhedrin will indict him, and he will stop asking questions.
(b) The Sanhedrin will indict him, but he cannot stop searching for answers.
(c) He no longer believes in god.
(d) The Sanhedrin will not indict him because he is so smart.

4. Why do Manto and Elisha always have a third person with them?
(a) Manto is uncomfortable around Elisha.
(b) Rufus orders it for their protection.
(c) Manto and Rufus always go everywhere together.
(d) So that Rufus will not be concerned about their relationship.

5. Who does Elisha present his idea to about Greek literature?
(a) Deborah, Akiba, and Amram.
(b) Akiba and the two Simeons.
(c) Meir and the two Simeons.
(d) Meir, Deborah and Simeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Deborah encourage Elisha to curry the Shraga's favor?

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

3. Whose mother dies soon after childbirth?

4. What do the workers, numbering over 500, want to do after the command to leave?

5. Why does Elisha return to Antioch?

(see the answer key)

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