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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. What great tragedy happened to Elisha's family?
(a) His father died.
(b) Both his mother and father died.
(c) His grandparents died.
(d) His mother died.

2. Who is the leader of the rebels?
(a) Rabbi Joshua of Tarsus.
(b) Julianus of Tarsus.
(c) Maximus of Tarsus.
(d) Saul of Tarsus.

3. Why has Elisha been called to return to Israel?
(a) To attend the funeral of Nicholaus.
(b) To lecture a class in an academy on the importance of truth in faith.
(c) To stand trial.
(d) To reforge the bond with his wife.

4. Who goes mad and implicates Elisha as the one who created the disbelief in him?
(a) Akiba.
(b) Nicholaus.
(c) Simeon ben Azzai.
(d) Simeon ben Zoma.

5. When Elisha is notified that he is now a candidate for ordination, Deborah insists what of the servants?
(a) She insists they kneel before Elisha.
(b) She insists they call Elisha, Rabbi.
(c) She insists they prepare a feast for themselves.
(d) She insists they take a week off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Elisha's best friends do because they were manipulated by Elisha?

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

3. Who arrives on a Roman ship at the port of Antioch?

4. After Elisha's first meeting with Rabbi Joshua, how does Rabbi Joshua win Elisha's confidence?

5. Does Abuyah consort with pagan philosophers and read Greek books?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Do you think Shraga is right to rebel against the Roman government and fight for his beliefs?

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

5. What do the two famous sages, Eliezer and Joshua, discuss at Elisha's circumcision ceremony?

6. What did Elisha drop in his Jewish academy class?

7. Why does one rabbi give the opinion that wisdom cannot be found in pagan literature?

8. In Part One, Chapter VI, what does Uncle Amram teach Elisha about his estate?

9. Why is Elisha unjustly brought to court for sentencing?

10. What is the job of the Sanhedrin?

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