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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before leaving the garden, Akiba pleads with Elisha to do what?
(a) Stop the executions.
(b) Turn back before everything is lost.
(c) Stay true to his quest for truth.
(d) Take Deborah back.

2. What does Elisha tell Meir's wife?
(a) He loves her.
(b) He does not appreciate her advances toward him.
(c) She has married an awful husband.
(d) She should run away with him.

3. Why does Deborah encourage Elisha to curry the Shraga's favor?
(a) She is concerned the Shraga wants to take Elisha away from her.
(b) She is concerned the Shraga might prevent his ordination.
(c) She wants Elisha to become Shraga's disciple.
(d) She wants the Shraga to give Elisha more servants.

4. Who does Elisha try to find in the pagan part of Caeserea?
(a) A bookseller.
(b) A magician.
(c) His old tutor.
(d) A carpenter.

5. Where does Elisha suspect the real truth lies?
(a) The Sanhedrin, tradition, and ancient scriptures.
(b) Math, english, and religion.
(c) Science, math, or philosophy.
(d) Logic, reason, and astrology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What gift does Elisha receive from Pappas?

3. How does Elisha meet Akiba?

4. What is Deborah bothered by when around Meir and his wife?

5. What does Elisha accidentally do in Jewish academy class one day?

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