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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. What does Elisha discuss with Justin, the leader of the Gentile Christians?
(a) The syntax of religion with Justin.
(b) The morphology of religion with Justin.
(c) The methodology of religion with Justin.
(d) The phonology of religion with Justin.

2. Who goes mad and implicates Elisha as the one who created the disbelief in him?
(a) Simeon ben Azzai.
(b) Simeon ben Zoma.
(c) Akiba.
(d) Nicholaus.

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

4. What is Deborah bothered by when around Meir and his wife?
(a) Their children are annoying.
(b) They live in squalor.
(c) They're richer than her.
(d) They're not wealthy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After sitting as an observer and Joshua's apprentice at Sanhedrin, what happened to Elisha?

2. When Elisha and his friends are at the home of Simeon ben Azzai, what happens to their host?

3. Once Elisha surveys the desolation at the Temple Mount, what does he tell Joshua?

4. What is the result of the three years of instruction Elisha receives from Amram after his father's death?

5. What does Nicholaus tell Elisha when Elisha says he cannot repress his feelings and obsession with finding the truth?

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