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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On his next journey, when Elisha stops in a small town what does he see?
(a) A washerwoman break her leg.
(b) A small girl dying on the street.
(c) A temple being built.
(d) A magician doing magic tricks.

2. Soon after Elisha's conversation, a rider comes into town with what news?
(a) That Meir has died in a horrible accident.
(b) That the Temple has been completed.
(c) That the Romans have banned Jews from working on the Temple.
(d) That Elisha's wife has been injured.

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

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

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

6. 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) A Rabbi.
(b) Abuyah.
(c) Elisha.
(d) The Patriarch.

7. What is Elisha dismayed to discover when he arrives to help with the court case?
(a) The case is already settled.
(b) Shraga is one of the other sages on the case.
(c) Elisha is the only one on the case.
(d) Shraga is not on the court case with him.

8. What does Elisha acknowledge to Meir after receiving the news?
(a) The Sanhedrin will indict him, but he cannot stop searching for answers.
(b) The Sanhedrin will indict him, and he will stop asking questions.
(c) The Sanhedrin will not indict him because he is so smart.
(d) He no longer believes in god.

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

10. How does Elisha try to console Deborah after she becomes pregnant twice and loses both babies?
(a) Elisha prepares a meal for her.
(b) Elisha offers to take her to a feast.
(c) Elisha buys her a servant girl.
(d) Elisha holds her hand in the garden.

11. To which court does the the merchant take his case, after he leaves the Jewish court?
(a) The Roman court.
(b) The Elysian court.
(c) The Grecian court.
(d) The merchant drops the case.

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

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

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

15. What is the name of the Greek scholar who instructs Elisha as a boy?
(a) Nicholaus.
(b) Theo.
(c) Abuyah.
(d) Pappas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of the three years of instruction Elisha receives from Amram after his father's death?

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

3. Why does Manto say it is impossible for her to marry Elisha?

4. Roman officers come to the house of Pappas to deliver what document to Elisha?

5. How does Elisha meet Akiba?

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