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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives at the Temple Mount to stop the work on the rebuilding of the Temple?
(a) The Roman cavalry.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Elisha.
(d) The Sanhedrin.

2. What does Manto decide Elisha should do, after she becomes involved in his quest?
(a) Flee before his troubles worsen.
(b) Refuse to oppose the Sanhedrin.
(c) Be tutored by Antiphanes.
(d) Go back to Israel and stand trial.

3. What is Deborah bothered by when around Meir and his wife?
(a) They're richer than her.
(b) Their children are annoying.
(c) They live in squalor.
(d) They're not wealthy.

4. Roman officers come to the house of Pappas to deliver what document to Elisha?
(a) A welcome letter from the chief justice of the province.
(b) A letter from his wife, Deborah, pleading for his return.
(c) A summons to appear before the chief justice of the province.
(d) An order from the Roman empire to leave Antioch forever.

5. What is the name of Meir's wife?
(a) Beryl.
(b) Beruriah.
(c) Malachi.
(d) Deborah.

6. Whose mother dies soon after childbirth?
(a) Amram's mother.
(b) Elisheba's mother.
(c) Abuyah's mother.
(d) Elisha's mother.

7. When Elisha's trial period as a sage apprentice is over, what does he decide to do?
(a) He runs away from Uncle Amram.
(b) He chooses to continue his training with Joshua.
(c) He returns home and learns carpentry with Pappas.
(d) He swims in the Red Sea and drowns.

8. When Pappas finds Elisha alone in the garden, what does he tell him?
(a) That he loves Deborah.
(b) That he is betrothed to Theo.
(c) That he wishes to move in with Elisha.
(d) That he is moving to Antioch.

9. What is the commander's response to the pleading of the sages?
(a) The commander releases the insurrection leaders.
(b) The commander does not change his orders.
(c) He has the sages executed.
(d) He orders the disbandment of the Sanhedrin.

10. Where did Elisha travel while studying, attending academies, and sitting with the masters?
(a) China.
(b) Rome.
(c) Judea and Galilee.
(d) Nowhere.

11. After being asked to make a speech to a class in an academy, what does Elisha tell the students?
(a) To study Greek and Roman literature as much as they can.
(b) Nothing.
(c) To not believe anything they are taught in the academy.
(d) To listen carefully to their teacher and the rabbis.

12. Who does Elisha find, to his delight and surprise, in Caeserea?
(a) His old tutor, Nicholaus.
(b) His wife, Deborah.
(c) Theo.
(d) His father.

13. Why is Elisha ashamed when he watches the spectacle at the local arena where men and lions kill each other?
(a) He cannot stop the crowd of people from watching.
(b) The grotesque violence causes him to laugh.
(c) His own feelings of bloodlust.
(d) Pappas cheers on the violence maniacally.

14. What does Nicholaus tell Elisha when Elisha says he cannot repress his feelings and obsession with finding the truth?
(a) He will stand by him as a friend.
(b) He will report him to the authorities.
(c) Their friendship is over.
(d) They must only meet secretly from now on.

15. Why is Abuyah considered something of a heretic among others in this society?
(a) He is known to have studied Greek and Roman works.
(b) He is late for Elisha's circumcision.
(c) He spoke with Roman soldiers.
(d) His wife, Elisheba, died shortly after giving birth to his son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Elisha goes to Manto's home when she is alone?

2. Why does Pappas go back to Israel?

3. Who attends lecture and symposia with Elisha?

4. After Elisha's first meeting with Rabbi Joshua, how does Rabbi Joshua win Elisha's confidence?

5. What impresses Elisha about the Roman court system?

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