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

2. Who does Elisha want to seek out to answer his questions?
(a) His old tutor, Josef.
(b) His old childhood friends.
(c) Each member of the Sanhedrin, individually.
(d) The Christians and Gnostics.

3. Elisha returns home for major festivals and uses this time to learn what from Amram?
(a) How to become a great rabbi and sage.
(b) The ways of business and estate management.
(c) Why Abuyah read Greek and Roman documents.
(d) How to stop the Jewish rebels.

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

5. What does Elisha think about his new wife after the week-long festival?
(a) He is disappointed.
(b) He hates her.
(c) He is embarrassed by her.
(d) He loves her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Elisha when he gets married?

2. Where did Elisha travel while studying, attending academies, and sitting with the masters?

3. While the seventy sages of the Sanhedrin are in session, who raises the question about whether a man should use Greek books and letters to read and study?

4. Why does the Sanhedrin send a delegation to Rome?

5. Before leaving the garden, Akiba pleads with Elisha to do what?

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