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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Deborah's behavior and actions at the feast make very clear about her character?
(a) That she values wealth more than friendship.
(b) That she is warm and genuine.
(c) That she is very temperamental.
(d) That she is in love with Pappas.

3. What type of teaching does Amram follow in his life, and how important is it to him?
(a) Amram follows both the Greek and Jewish teachings.
(b) Amram is an atheist.
(c) Amram is an unrelenting zealot in the Greek tradition.
(d) Amram is an unrelenting zealot in the Jewish tradition.

4. When Abuyah dies, who burns all the books and documents that are not Jewish?
(a) Nicholaus.
(b) Elisha.
(c) Theo.
(d) Uncle Amram.

5. What is the name of the Greek scholar who instructs Elisha as a boy?
(a) Pappas.
(b) Abuyah.
(c) Nicholaus.
(d) Theo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Abuyah considered something of a heretic among others in this society?

3. Where are Elisha and Deborah to stay when at the feast?

4. Whose mother dies soon after childbirth?

5. Where does Uncle Amram take Elisha to begin his training to become a rabbi and sage?

(see the answer key)

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