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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Elisha find out he has been betrothed to?
(a) Theo.
(b) Zoma.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Shraga.

3. 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.

4. Who is the confusing and angry man Elisha meets at dinner before he meets Simeon ben Azzai and Simeon ben Zoma?
(a) Azzar, an old carpenter.
(b) Shraga, a rebellious and almost insane fighter for the Jews.
(c) Zion, a young rabbi.
(d) Josef, a member of the Sanhedrin.

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

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

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

8. What did rabbi Joshua do when the ex-communication of Elisha was read at Sanhedrin?
(a) Introduced an interdict on Greek studies.
(b) Said he would go to Antioch and find Elisha by himself.
(c) Left the Sanhedrin in anguish over his friends misfortune.
(d) Said he knew of Elisha's Greek studies.

9. What do the workers, numbering over 500, want to do after the command to leave?
(a) Pretend they do not hear the command.
(b) Stay and fight.
(c) Go home to their families.
(d) Gladly leave.

10. Why does Pappas go back to Israel?
(a) To ask rabbi Joshua for advice concerning Elisha.
(b) To extract a message of intent from the Sanhedrin concerning Elisha.
(c) To bring Deborah back to Antioch with him.
(d) To inform the Sanhedrin that Elisha has no intent to return to Israel.

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

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

13. Who stands up against the leader of the rebels?
(a) The Roman Cavalry.
(b) Rabbi Joshua.
(c) The Sanhedrin.
(d) Julianus.

14. Who arranges that Elisha be released from jail?
(a) Manto.
(b) Antiphanes.
(c) Pappas.
(d) Rufus.

15. What did Elisha's best friends do because they were manipulated by Elisha?
(a) Devised new methods to counteract the Sanhedrin.
(b) Helped him learn more Greek knowledge.
(c) Built a government based on Greek law.
(d) Rebuilt the Temple.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old is Elisha when he gets married?

4. Why does Amram decide not to let Elisha become married to Theo?

5. What does Elisha think about his new wife after the week-long festival?

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