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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 is the commander's response to the pleading of the sages?
(a) He has the sages executed.
(b) The commander releases the insurrection leaders.
(c) He orders the disbandment of the Sanhedrin.
(d) The commander does not change his orders.

2. What type of teaching does Amram follow in his life, and how important is it to him?
(a) Amram follows both the Greek and Jewish teachings.
(b) Amram is an unrelenting zealot in the Jewish tradition.
(c) Amram is an unrelenting zealot in the Greek tradition.
(d) Amram is an atheist.

3. Where did Elisha travel while studying, attending academies, and sitting with the masters?
(a) China.
(b) Judea and Galilee.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Rome.

4. Which two friends of Elisha are going insane because of the knowledge they have gained from Greek literature?
(a) Simeon ben Zoma and Akiba.
(b) The two Simeons.
(c) Akiba and Simeon ben Azzai.
(d) None of Elisha's friends are going insane.

5. Who tells Elisha that there are rebels among the Jews?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Rabbi Peter.
(c) Uncle Amram.
(d) Rabbi Joshua.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Deborah encourage Elisha to curry the Shraga's favor?

2. What happens to Eliezer's proposal concerning the ban against pagan literature?

3. What idea does Elisha present to his friends about Greek literature?

4. Who goes mad and implicates Elisha as the one who created the disbelief in him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Akiba and the two Simeons uncomfortable talking to Elisha about Greek literature?

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

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

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

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

6. In Part One, Chapter X, does Elisha seem happy? Why?

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

8. Do you think Elisha manipulated his friends to study Greek literature for his own purposes?

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

10. Why did the merchant's business suffer after taking his case to the Roman courts?

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