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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the new rabbis after Judah ben Baba ordains them?
(a) They disappear.
(b) They convert to Buddhism.
(c) They escape from the Romans without harm.
(d) They refuse to teach the people.

2. Who does Elisha find in prison?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Akiba.
(c) Pappas.
(d) Joseph ben Sera.

3. How does Charicles first feel about Elisha?
(a) He admires Elisha for his faith.
(b) Pity for Elisha's troubled life.
(c) Disgust for Elisha's reputation.
(d) He tries to avoid talking to him.

4. What does Elisha ask of Rufus in return for his cooperation?
(a) To forgive him.
(b) To stop the war.
(c) To destroy the Sanhedrin.
(d) To not kill Pappas.

5. What do the people of Bethar do when they realize that the Romans will soon overrun their town?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Celebrate and prepare a grand feast.
(c) Invite the Romans into town.
(d) Surrender to the Romans.

6. What happens to people who are caught practicing Jewish traditions and teachings?
(a) No one is caught.
(b) They are praised.
(c) They are executed.
(d) No one in the book practices Jewish traditions and teachings.

7. What does Rufus say will happen to Elisha and Pappas if they do not comply?
(a) They will be exiled until they change their minds.
(b) They will be jailed.
(c) Their homes will be destroyed.
(d) They will be killed.

8. Where does Elisha go to begin his work for the Romans?
(a) Israel.
(b) Rome.
(c) The library.
(d) Caesarea.

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

10. Where does Elisha go to escape the cold of the blizzard?
(a) The home of Pappas.
(b) The Sanhedrin.
(c) The library.
(d) The headquarters of Rufus.

11. How are the conditions of the jail described to Elisha?
(a) Terrible.
(b) Royal and plush.
(c) Fair conditions.
(d) Comfortable.

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

13. What do the Roman reinforcements bring with them?
(a) Horse drawn chariots.
(b) Written demands from the Emperor.
(c) The plague.
(d) Medical supplies to help the wounded.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Akiba come to Antioch to raise money for war against the Romans?

2. Why do Manto and Elisha always have a third person with them?

3. What does Meir tell Elisha about what the Sanhedrin has done?

4. What is Elisha's great undoing?

5. Why does Elisha arrange to meet with Demonax?

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