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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 do the workers, numbering over 500, want to do after the command to leave?
(a) Gladly leave.
(b) Pretend they do not hear the command.
(c) Stay and fight.
(d) Go home to their families.

2. 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.

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

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

5. What impresses Elisha about the Roman court system?
(a) The complete lack of prejudice against jewish people.
(b) The lavish adornments, and the beautiful architecture.
(c) The expansive Greek reference library adjacent to the courtroom.
(d) The efficiency and professionalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two friends of Elisha are going insane because of the knowledge they have gained from Greek literature?

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

3. Who is the confusing and angry man Elisha meets at dinner before he meets Simeon ben Azzai and Simeon ben Zoma?

4. What happened to the merchant's business after the court case?

5. What is the name of the Greek scholar who instructs Elisha as a boy?

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