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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. Soon after Elisha's conversation, a rider comes into town with what news?
(a) That Meir has died in a horrible accident.
(b) That the Romans have banned Jews from working on the Temple.
(c) That the Temple has been completed.
(d) That Elisha's wife has been injured.

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

3. To which court does the the merchant take his case, after he leaves the Jewish court?
(a) The merchant drops the case.
(b) The Roman court.
(c) The Grecian court.
(d) The Elysian court.

4. When Elisha and his friends are at the home of Simeon ben Azzai, what happens to their host?
(a) The host arrives completely drunk.
(b) The host kills the other Simeon.
(c) Simeon ben Azzai says he is ready to meet God and dies in their arms.
(d) He claims he no longer trusts in God.

5. What sort of people does Elisha find himself in the company of after accepting an invitation to dinner by one of the rhetoricians?
(a) Hedonistic and self centered.
(b) Polite and well educated.
(c) Both religious zealots and scientists.
(d) Rabbis and sages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Elisha find out he has been betrothed to?

2. Where does Uncle Amram take Elisha to begin his training to become a rabbi and sage?

3. What happens to Eliezer's proposal concerning the ban against pagan literature?

4. Where are Elisha and Deborah to stay when at the feast?

5. What do the workers, numbering over 500, want to do after the command to leave?

(see the answer key)

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