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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fate does Elisha accept?
(a) That he will never find the answers he is searching for.
(b) The fate of eternal damnation.
(c) To question everything in his final moments.
(d) That he is a man without religion and without country.

2. What can Meir see in his old master's eyes?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Anguish.
(c) Concern.
(d) Disillusionment.

3. How does Elisha feel about the Greek literature he has learned in his first three years in Antioch?
(a) That he can't comprehend Greek literature fully.
(b) Beneath the poetry and words there is fear and regret.
(c) That the Greek way of life is the path he is meant to follow.
(d) He hates Greek literature.

4. What has Akiba predicted about the Roman Empire?
(a) The Roman Empire will someday fall.
(b) The Roman Empire will destroy the Jewsish faith.
(c) The Roman Empire will change some day.
(d) The Roman Empire will never fall.

5. How does Elisha feel about his quest to seek a reasoned certainty that would explain everything, including faith?
(a) His quest has only strengthened his commitment to faith.
(b) Given the chance, he would not change anything.
(c) His quest was a vital part of faith.
(d) His quest was in vain.

6. What has Elisha based his entire life and course of studies on?
(a) The fact of mathematics.
(b) Greek and Roman literature.
(c) Business management.
(d) Jewish traditions and values.

7. What is Elisha amazed to find even on death row?
(a) The Roman soldiers treat the Jewish prisoners with dignity.
(b) The Rabbis still believe the faith will survive.
(c) The Jewish prisoners are on death row.
(d) The Rabbis have lost their faith.

8. Why does Elisha arrange to meet with Demonax?
(a) To try and convert Demonax.
(b) To arrest Demonax and take him to the proper authorities.
(c) To see if he will take Elisha on as a student.
(d) To see if Demonax is as superior as he claims.

9. Why does Demonax refuse Elisha's request?
(a) He does not want to be associated with Elisha.
(b) Elisha's request is inappropriate.
(c) He is much too busy.
(d) He cannot teach Elisha anything that Elisha does not already know.

10. What information about the new rabbis reaches Elisha in Caeserea?
(a) The new rabbi's birthplaces.
(b) He learns nothing about the new rabbis.
(c) The new rabbis are missing.
(d) The new rabbi's names.

11. What has Demonax studied all available information on for years and found nothing to use?
(a) Greek literature.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Business management.
(d) Metaphysics.

12. How does Elisha look when he hears Charicles speak at Antioch?
(a) Worried by the outlandish ideas Charicles speaks of.
(b) Appears youthful and vibrant, despite his age.
(c) Ravaged and he has white hair.
(d) Distracted by his own memories of betrayal.

13. Whose voice does Elisha recognize discussing cases in Jewish Law?
(a) Theo's.
(b) Torah's.
(c) Akiba's.
(d) Judah ben Sira's.

14. Where has Rufus erected his headquarters?
(a) Damascus.
(b) The arena.
(c) The Sanhedrin.
(d) Temple Mount.

15. What did Meir fight for concerning Elisha's death?
(a) For Elisha's right to have a rabbi's funeral.
(b) For Elisha's body to be cremated.
(c) For Elisha's excommunication to be lifted by the Sanhedrin.
(d) Elisha's right to be buried in his town's cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Elisha go to escape the cold of the blizzard?

2. Why do both Elisha and Pappas curtail their expenses and move to smaller apartments?

3. What does Rufus want Elisha and Pappas to do?

4. Where is Elisha taken after the executions?

5. Where do Elisha and Pappas go to meet with Rufus?

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