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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapters I - VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Elisha travel while studying, attending academies, and sitting with the masters?
(a) Rome.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) China.
(d) Judea and Galilee.

2. After Elisha's first meeting with Rabbi Joshua, how does Rabbi Joshua win Elisha's confidence?
(a) Rabbi Joshua praises Elisha.
(b) Rabbi Joshua does not win Elisha's confidence at all.
(c) Elisha admires Joshuas modest life-style.
(d) Rabbi Joshua proposes a trial period for them both.

3. Once Elisha surveys the desolation at the Temple Mount, what does he tell Joshua?
(a) That he does not believe in God.
(b) That he does not think the rebuilding will ever happen.
(c) That he is divorcing Deborah.
(d) That he is glad the rebuilding of the Temple will happen soon.

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

5. What did rabbi Joshua do when the ex-communication of Elisha was read at Sanhedrin?
(a) Left the Sanhedrin in anguish over his friends misfortune.
(b) Said he would go to Antioch and find Elisha by himself.
(c) Said he knew of Elisha's Greek studies.
(d) Introduced an interdict on Greek studies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of people does Elisha find himself in the company of after accepting an invitation to dinner by one of the rhetoricians?

2. What idea does Elisha present to his friends about Greek literature?

3. How do the deaths from the plague affect Elisha?

4. What impresses Elisha about the Roman court system?

5. How does Elisha respond when Deborah is trying to renew her marriage with him?

(see the answer key)

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