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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. 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 does not win Elisha's confidence at all.
(d) Rabbi Joshua proposes a trial period for them both.

2. What great tragedy happened to Elisha's family?
(a) His mother died.
(b) Both his mother and father died.
(c) His grandparents died.
(d) His father died.

3. What is Abuyah's dying wish for Elisha to fulfill?
(a) That Elisha train to become a rabbi and sage.
(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 burn all books and documents that are not Jewish.

4. How does Elisha try to console Deborah after she becomes pregnant twice and loses both babies?
(a) Elisha offers to take her to a feast.
(b) Elisha buys her a servant girl.
(c) Elisha holds her hand in the garden.
(d) Elisha prepares a meal for her.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Tobias, Elisha's steward, furious with Pappas and Elisha for their conversation with the Romans?

3. When Pappas finds Elisha alone in the garden, what does he tell him?

4. What does Elisha think about his new wife after the week-long festival?

5. When Elisha is going back to Nicholaus, what does he overhear his father say to Uncle Amram?

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