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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Elisha's first meeting with Rabbi Joshua, how does Rabbi Joshua win Elisha's confidence?
(a) Rabbi Joshua proposes a trial period for them both.
(b) Rabbi Joshua praises Elisha.
(c) Elisha admires Joshuas modest life-style.
(d) Rabbi Joshua does not win Elisha's confidence at all.

2. Elisha's obsession with truth has caused what to dissolve?
(a) Elisha's stores of money have dissolved.
(b) Elisha's marriage has begun to disintegrate.
(c) Elisha's sanity has completely left.
(d) Some of Elisha's friendships have begun to dissolve.

3. 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.

4. What is the small delegation of the Sanhedrin sages alarmed by?
(a) The idea that no one is willing to fight for their beliefs.
(b) That everyone has lost faith in God.
(c) That they might completely overpower the Romans in this battle.
(d) The prospect of fighting a war.

5. Why is Elisha overcome with discontent when he visits with Meir and Beruriah?
(a) He lacks the proper education to study Greek literature well.
(b) Meir and Beruriah mock Elisha for his educational background.
(c) They tell him that the Sanhedrin will indict him.
(d) They tell Elisha that they can no longer see him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Elisha been called to return to Israel?

2. Before leaving the garden, Akiba pleads with Elisha to do what?

3. How old is Elisha when he gets married?

4. What is the result of the three years of instruction Elisha receives from Amram after his father's death?

5. Who is the confusing and angry man Elisha meets at dinner before he meets Simeon ben Azzai and Simeon ben Zoma?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think Abuyah means by his dying words to Elisha?

2. How does Elisha respond to the death of Beruriah and Meir's children?

3. How does Elisha handle his new life in Antioch?

4. Why do Antiphanes and Elisha attend all the lectures and symposia offered in Antioch?

5. Why does Elisha seek out the Christians and Gnostics?

6. Why was Elisha and Deborah's marriage pre-arranged by Amram?

7. Which friend of Elisha's is better at processing the Greek literature than the other two? Why?

8. What strikes Elisha as characteristic about the people of Antioch?

9. Why does Pappas tell Elisha that he may move with him to Antioch?

10. How does Simeon ben Azzai die?

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