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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 is the result of the three years of instruction Elisha receives from Amram after his father's death?
(a) Elisha begins his training to become a rabbi and sage.
(b) Elisha renounces his Jewish faith.
(c) Elisha becomes thoroughly Jewish in practice and appearance, yet not in thought.
(d) Elisha becomes thoroughly Jewish in practice, appearance, and thought.

2. Which two friends of Elisha are going insane because of the knowledge they have gained from Greek literature?
(a) The two Simeons.
(b) Simeon ben Zoma and Akiba.
(c) Akiba and Simeon ben Azzai.
(d) None of Elisha's friends are going insane.

3. What is Elisha's new plan concerning the Jews and Christians who believe differently than the traditional Jewish doctrine?
(a) To report their inauthentic teachings to the Sanhedrin.
(b) To eliminate all Jews and Christians who believe.
(c) To report their inauthentic teachings to the Romans.
(d) To visit their churches and speak with their leaders.

4. How does Elisha feel about the subject of human trading?
(a) He plans to pursue it as a future career.
(b) He considers it a necessary evil.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) Impressed.

5. How does Joshua, his old instructor, feel about Elisha?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Sad.
(c) Very proud.
(d) Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Elisha sent, as a sage, to sit in court over a controversial issue?

2. What gift does Elisha receive from Pappas?

3. Where does Elisha suspect the real truth lies?

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

5. What does Elisha say to the other rabbis after they witness a boy fall from a tree and die?

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