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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. What does Elisha accidentally do in Jewish academy class one day?
(a) Trips over a student.
(b) Drops a Greek scroll in class.
(c) Sets fire to the scrolls in class.
(d) Slams his fingers in the door.

2. What happens to Eliezer's proposal concerning the ban against pagan literature?
(a) It creates a tie in the Sanhedrin.
(b) It is adopted and set into motion.
(c) It is voted down.
(d) It is laughed out of court.

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

4. How old is Elisha when he gets married?
(a) 23.
(b) 21.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

5. What is the small delegation of the Sanhedrin sages alarmed by?
(a) The idea that no one is willing to fight for their beliefs.
(b) That they might completely overpower the Romans in this battle.
(c) That everyone has lost faith in God.
(d) The prospect of fighting a war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Elisha want to seek out to answer his questions?

2. What does Elisha think about his new wife after the week-long festival?

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

4. Where does the plague strike?

5. What happens when Palestine learns of Trajan's edict that the Temple may be rebuilt?

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