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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Elisha Pappas is not good company for him, and that he should not be reading Greek books?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Akiba.
(c) Josef.
(d) Uncle Amram.

2. How old is Elisha when he gets married?
(a) 21.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 23.

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

4. What is Abuyah's dying wish for Elisha to fulfill?
(a) That Elisha do what his uncle, Amram, tells him to do.
(b) That Elisha will be wholehearted and not torn in two.
(c) That Elisha train to become a rabbi and sage.
(d) That Elisha burn all books and documents that are not Jewish.

5. What does Nicholaus try to convince Elisha to do?
(a) To leave Israel as soon as possible.
(b) That everything is okay.
(c) That the Romans will kill the Sanhedrin tomorrow.
(d) That Elisha will be killed in three day.

6. Why does Deborah encourage Elisha to curry the Shraga's favor?
(a) She wants Elisha to become Shraga's disciple.
(b) She is concerned the Shraga might prevent his ordination.
(c) She wants the Shraga to give Elisha more servants.
(d) She is concerned the Shraga wants to take Elisha away from her.

7. What does Elisha tell Meir's wife?
(a) He does not appreciate her advances toward him.
(b) He loves her.
(c) She should run away with him.
(d) She has married an awful husband.

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

9. 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) He cannot stop the crowd of people from watching.
(d) His own feelings of bloodlust.

10. Who arrives on a Roman ship at the port of Antioch?
(a) A delegation of the Sanhedrin.
(b) Pappas.
(c) Rufus.
(d) Deborah.

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

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

13. How does Elisha meet Akiba?
(a) At the Sanhedrin during the proceedings.
(b) At a dinner.
(c) Rabbi Joshua introduces them when they get to the Sanhedrin.
(d) Akiba is Elisha's teacher.

14. What impresses Elisha about the Roman court system?
(a) The lavish adornments, and the beautiful architecture.
(b) The complete lack of prejudice against jewish people.
(c) The expansive Greek reference library adjacent to the courtroom.
(d) The efficiency and professionalism.

15. Where does the plague strike?
(a) Antioch.
(b) Usher.
(c) Palestine.
(d) Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elisha begins his studies on Antioch, what does he study first?

2. Does Abuyah consort with pagan philosophers and read Greek books?

3. Who does Elisha want to seek out to answer his questions?

4. Where is Elisha sent, as a sage, to sit in court over a controversial issue?

5. Who does Elisha find out he has been betrothed to?

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