1. What task has Rabbi Judah ben Baba been chosen for during the meeting in the attic?
(a) To ask the Romans to leave them alone.
(b) To conduct the sacrifice of a small sheep.
(c) To perform the ceremony for the new rabbis.
(d) To execute Elisha for his unbelief.

2. Elisha's obsession with truth has caused what to dissolve?
(a) Elisha's sanity has completely left.
(b) Elisha's stores of money have dissolved.
(c) Elisha's marriage has begun to disintegrate.
(d) Some of Elisha's friendships have begun to dissolve.

3. Who does Elisha present his idea to about Greek literature?
(a) Meir, Deborah and Simeon.
(b) Deborah, Akiba, and Amram.
(c) Meir and the two Simeons.
(d) Akiba and the two Simeons.

4. Who is the leader of the rebels?
(a) Saul of Tarsus.
(b) Maximus of Tarsus.
(c) Julianus of Tarsus.
(d) Rabbi Joshua of Tarsus.

5. What are the names of Meir's children?
(a) Sarah and Samuel.
(b) Uriah and Pariah.
(c) Samuel and Solomon.
(d) Saul and Samuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the seventy sages of the Sanhedrin are in session, who raises the question about whether a man should use Greek books and letters to read and study?

2. What is the commander's response to the pleading of the sages?

3. Who does Elisha find in prison?

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

5. Who takes over Elisha's circumcision ceremony at the absence of Abuyah?

(see the answer key)

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