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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the origin of Theo's name?
(a) Greek.
(b) Roman.
(c) Danish.
(d) Jewish.

5. What type of teaching does Amram follow in his life, and how important is it to him?
(a) Amram is an atheist.
(b) Amram is an unrelenting zealot in the Jewish tradition.
(c) Amram is an unrelenting zealot in the Greek tradition.
(d) Amram follows both the Greek and Jewish teachings.

6. What does Elisha discuss with Justin, the leader of the Gentile Christians?
(a) The syntax of religion with Justin.
(b) The methodology of religion with Justin.
(c) The phonology of religion with Justin.
(d) The morphology of religion with Justin.

7. Why is Elisha overcome with discontent when he visits with Meir and Beruriah?
(a) Meir and Beruriah mock Elisha for his educational background.
(b) They tell him that the Sanhedrin will indict him.
(c) They tell Elisha that they can no longer see him.
(d) He lacks the proper education to study Greek literature well.

8. What is the small delegation of the Sanhedrin sages alarmed by?
(a) The prospect of fighting a war.
(b) That everyone has lost faith in God.
(c) The idea that no one is willing to fight for their beliefs.
(d) That they might completely overpower the Romans in this battle.

9. How many years did Elisha sit as an observer and Joshua's apprentice at the Sanhedrin?
(a) Thirteen Years.
(b) Five Years.
(c) Fourteen Years.
(d) Two Years.

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

11. What gift does Elisha receive from Pappas?
(a) A ring.
(b) A Greek book.
(c) Old, ancient scrolls.
(d) An expensive lamp.

12. Who attends lecture and symposia with Elisha?
(a) Antiphanes.
(b) Pappas.
(c) Rufus.
(d) Manto.

13. Who takes over Elisha's circumcision ceremony at the absence of Abuyah?
(a) Uncle Amram.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Eliezer.
(d) Elisheba.

14. Once Elisha surveys the desolation at the Temple Mount, what does he tell Joshua?
(a) That he is glad the rebuilding of the Temple will happen soon.
(b) That he is divorcing Deborah.
(c) That he does not think the rebuilding will ever happen.
(d) That he does not believe in God.

15. 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 becomes thoroughly Jewish in practice and appearance, yet not in thought.
(c) Elisha renounces his Jewish faith.
(d) Elisha becomes thoroughly Jewish in practice, appearance, and thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Abuyah considered something of a heretic among others in this society?

2. What news does Pappas return to Antioch with?

3. What is the name of Meir's wife?

4. Where are Elisha and Deborah to stay when at the feast?

5. Where are Elisha and Pappas going when they run into Theo?

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