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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 does Elisha acknowledge to Meir after receiving the news?
(a) The Sanhedrin will indict him, but he cannot stop searching for answers.
(b) He no longer believes in god.
(c) The Sanhedrin will not indict him because he is so smart.
(d) The Sanhedrin will indict him, and he will stop asking questions.

2. Who attends lecture and symposia with Elisha?
(a) Rufus.
(b) Manto.
(c) Antiphanes.
(d) Pappas.

3. When Abuyah dies, who burns all the books and documents that are not Jewish?
(a) Nicholaus.
(b) Theo.
(c) Uncle Amram.
(d) Elisha.

4. What is the name of the Greek scholar who instructs Elisha as a boy?
(a) Theo.
(b) Abuyah.
(c) Pappas.
(d) Nicholaus.

5. What is Elisha dismayed to discover when he arrives to help with the court case?
(a) Shraga is one of the other sages on the case.
(b) The case is already settled.
(c) Elisha is the only one on the case.
(d) Shraga is not on the court case with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the commander's response to the pleading of the sages?

2. What is Elisha's new plan concerning the Jews and Christians who believe differently than the traditional Jewish doctrine?

3. What is the name of Meir's wife?

4. What does Nicholaus tell Elisha when Elisha says he cannot repress his feelings and obsession with finding the truth?

5. What great tragedy happened to Elisha's family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Julianus of Tarsus encourage the Jews to fight?

3. How does Shraga treat Elisha when they're working on the merchant's court case together?

4. After the ex-communication of Elisha was read at Sanhedrin, what did Joshua do?

5. In Part One, Chapter V, how did Elisha feel about attending the Sanhedrin for the first time?

6. Why is Elisha fascinated by Akiba when he meets him?

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

8. In the Prologue, what do the sages debate over and what do they decide?

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

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

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