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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charicles say about Euclid?
(a) Euclid should have been jailed for heresy.
(b) Euclid was correct beyond doubt.
(c) There are no proofs that Euclid was correct beyond doubt.
(d) He was the greatest mind of his time.

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

3. 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.

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

5. How are over thirty rabbis able to meet in the attic of a friend in Lydda?
(a) They pretend to be merchants attending a market.
(b) They pretend to be old women attending a knitting party.
(c) They pretend to be lepers.
(d) The rabbis experience no problems and meet without disguise.

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

7. Why has Akiba come to Antioch to raise money for war against the Romans?
(a) Because of the Emperor's plan to turn Israel into a site for pagans.
(b) The Romans killed so many jews, and burned down the temple.
(c) The Emperor is dedicating the temple to Jupiter.
(d) He has joined the Jewish rebels.

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

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

10. After 8 years in Antioch, Elisha writes a monograph detailing what?
(a) Elisha's life in Antioch.
(b) Elisha's plan for his life studies.
(c) Elisha's experience as a rabbi in Israel.
(d) Elisha's study of Greek and Roman texts.

11. Who does Rufus say will sit with Elisha during the upcoming trials?
(a) Nobody.
(b) A harlot.
(c) His mother.
(d) Pappas.

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

13. 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) Distracted by his own memories of betrayal.
(d) Ravaged and he has white hair.

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

15. What does Elisha realize about the peddlers as they sing their wares?
(a) Peddlers are incoherent babblers.
(b) They will cheat everyone out of their money.
(c) They love to sing lullabies.
(d) Messages are being sent in Hebrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Meir walks with Elisha until they reach the boundary which marks what?

2. What is Elisha's great undoing?

3. When does Elisha hear Charicles the philosopher speak at Antioch?

4. What does the realization, that reason could be based in myth, do to Elisha?

5. What feeling does Elisha experiences after his conversation with Charicles?

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