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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Pappas return to Antioch with?
(a) The Sanhedrin does not want to extradite Elisha, and Joshua is dead.
(b) Deborah wants to reconcile.
(c) Deborah wants a divorce, and Joshua has become ill.
(d) The Sanhedrin now studies Greek and Roman literature.

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

3. 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 Sanhedrin.
(b) To visit their churches and speak with their leaders.
(c) To report their inauthentic teachings to the Romans.
(d) To eliminate all Jews and Christians who believe.

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

5. Where are Elisha and Pappas going when they run into Theo?
(a) They are going to find Elisha's father and his uncle.
(b) They are going to study Greek and Roman works.
(c) They are going to find an encampment of Roman soldiers in the area.
(d) They are headed to watch a cow give birth.

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

7. How does Elisha begins his life as a Rabbi?
(a) By signing documents.
(b) Giving up all his possessions.
(c) Judging in Usha.
(d) Helping widows and children.

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

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

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

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

12. What great tragedy happened to Elisha's family?
(a) Both his mother and father died.
(b) His grandparents died.
(c) His father died.
(d) His mother died.

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

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

15. Who does Elisha try to find in the pagan part of Caeserea?
(a) A carpenter.
(b) A magician.
(c) His old tutor.
(d) A bookseller.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Elisha is going back to Nicholaus, what does he overhear his father say to Uncle Amram?

4. What does Elisha tell Meir's wife?

5. After being asked to make a speech to a class in an academy, what does Elisha tell the students?

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