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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the deaths from the plague affect Elisha?
(a) He ignores their deaths.
(b) He is not affected by the deaths at all.
(c) He finds justification for their deaths in the Bible.
(d) He questions God's mercy for causing such anguish.

2. How does Elisha feel about Meir's marriage?
(a) Wishes his marriage was like Meir's.
(b) Glad his marriage is nothing like Meir's.
(c) Feels Meir's wife should be more submissive.
(d) Feels should Meir treated his wife better.

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

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

5. What is Elisha's new plan concerning the Jews and Christians who believe differently than the traditional Jewish doctrine?
(a) To report their inauthentic teachings to the Romans.
(b) To visit their churches and speak with their leaders.
(c) To report their inauthentic teachings to the Sanhedrin.
(d) To eliminate all Jews and Christians who believe.

6. How does Elisha respond when Deborah is trying to renew her marriage with him?
(a) Elisha tells Deborah that he still loves her, but the cannot be together.
(b) Elisha is despondent and does not respond.
(c) Elisha tells Deborah he is leaving forever.
(d) Elisha is overjoyed, and decides they should be together.

7. Why is Tobias, Elisha's steward, furious with Pappas and Elisha for their conversation with the Romans?
(a) Because the Romans murdered many Jews and destroyed the Temple.
(b) Because now the boys want to be Romans.
(c) Because the Romans caused the boys to come home late.
(d) Because the boys weren't respectful enough to the Romans.

8. What happens to Eliezer's proposal concerning the ban against pagan literature?
(a) It is voted down.
(b) It is adopted and set into motion.
(c) It is laughed out of court.
(d) It creates a tie in the Sanhedrin.

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

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

11. 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 spoke with Roman soldiers.
(c) His wife, Elisheba, died shortly after giving birth to his son.
(d) He is late for Elisha's circumcision.

12. Does Abuyah consort with pagan philosophers and read Greek books?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Sometimes, but he hides his beliefs from everyone.
(d) When he was younger, but he does not do so anymore.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicholaus tell Elisha when Elisha says he cannot repress his feelings and obsession with finding the truth?

2. What happens when Palestine learns of Trajan's edict that the Temple may be rebuilt?

3. Who tells Elisha Pappas is not good company for him, and that he should not be reading Greek books?

4. To which court does the the merchant take his case, after he leaves the Jewish court?

5. Where does Uncle Amram take Elisha to begin his training to become a rabbi and sage?

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