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

2. Why does Amram decide not to let Elisha become married to Theo?
(a) Deborah's family is much wealthier than Theo's.
(b) Amram thinks Theo distracts Elisha from his studies.
(c) Amram knows that Elisha is in love with Deborah.
(d) Because Theo's family is part Greek.

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

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

5. Who tells Elisha Pappas is not good company for him, and that he should not be reading Greek books?
(a) Akiba.
(b) Josef.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Uncle Amram.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes over Elisha's circumcision ceremony at the absence of Abuyah?

2. Whose mother dies soon after childbirth?

3. Where are Elisha and Pappas going when they run into Theo?

4. After Elisha's first meeting with Rabbi Joshua, how does Rabbi Joshua win Elisha's confidence?

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

(see the answer key)

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