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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapter XXI & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elisha say to the other rabbis after they witness a boy fall from a tree and die?
(a) That it was all a part of God's divine plan.
(b) That he is to leave this world, immediately.
(c) That there is no God.
(d) That the father of the boy be put on trial for negligence.

2. What happens to Elisha's grave?
(a) Lightning strikes Elisha's grave.
(b) The gravestone is removed.
(c) It is destroyed by Roman soldiers.
(d) Elisha's grave is moved to Meir's town cemetery.

3. Who does Elisha try to find in the pagan part of Caeserea?
(a) A magician.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) His old tutor.
(d) A bookseller.

4. Why has Elisha been called to return to Israel?
(a) To reforge the bond with his wife.
(b) To attend the funeral of Nicholaus.
(c) To stand trial.
(d) To lecture a class in an academy on the importance of truth in faith.

5. 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?
(a) Elisha.
(b) Abuyah.
(c) The Patriarch.
(d) A Rabbi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elisha tell Meir's wife?

2. How do the two men discuss the highest levels of philosophy?

3. How does Elisha feel about his quest to seek a reasoned certainty that would explain everything, including faith?

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

5. How does Elisha feel about Meir's marriage?

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