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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Elisha hear Charicles the philosopher speak at Antioch?
(a) Many years later.
(b) Before leaving Antioch for the last time.
(c) As soon as he returns to Antioch.
(d) During a festival.

2. Who brings Elisha the news that Manto is dying?
(a) Poleman.
(b) Pappas.
(c) Manto's maid.
(d) Rufus.

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

4. Who encourages Elisha to publish his monograph?
(a) Antiphanes.
(b) The librarian.
(c) Manto.
(d) Pappas.

5. What happens when Meir and Elisha part ways?
(a) Meir walks on with Elisha.
(b) Elisha watches Meir walk away until he can no longer be seen.
(c) Meir swears to never tell a soul about seeing Elisha.
(d) Meir watches Elisha walk away until he can no longer be seen.

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

7. Why do Manto and Elisha always have a third person with them?
(a) Manto and Rufus always go everywhere together.
(b) So that Rufus will not be concerned about their relationship.
(c) Rufus orders it for their protection.
(d) Manto is uncomfortable around Elisha.

8. What does Meir tell Elisha about what the Sanhedrin has done?
(a) They revoked Elisha's miscommunication.
(b) They were destroyed by Romans.
(c) The Sanhedrin has been disbanded.
(d) That the Sanhedrin is meeting again.

9. When does Elisha leave the arena?
(a) The next day when the attendants find him.
(b) Before the executions.
(c) Elisha leaves only when the harlot tells him to.
(d) After the first killing.

10. Why do Akiba and Elisha not speak when they meet?
(a) Akiba hates Elisha for what he did in Israel.
(b) Elisha is upset that Akiba did not stand by him in Israel.
(c) Akiba and Elisha have no interest in each other.
(d) Akiba honors the commands of the ex-communication.

11. What does the realization, that reason could be based in myth, do to Elisha?
(a) Settles what Elisha has always known.
(b) Rekindles Elisha's desire to seek answers.
(c) Has little effect on Elisha's overall viewpoints.
(d) It kills Elisha.

12. Where do Elisha and Pappas go to meet with Rufus?
(a) Israel.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Antioch.
(d) The Sanhedrin.

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

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

15. Why does Elisha return to Antioch?
(a) To attend the funeral of his good friend, Pappas.
(b) To end the war, and free his people.
(c) To complete his studies.
(d) To ask Pappas for forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Judah ben Baba ordains the new rabbi at their secret meeting?

2. What does Rufus say will happen to Elisha and Pappas if they do not comply?

3. How do the two men discuss the highest levels of philosophy?

4. What do the people of Bethar do when they realize that the Romans will soon overrun their town?

5. Who does Elisha encounter on the road to Caesarea?

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