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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) His mother died.
(c) Both his mother and father died.
(d) His grandparents died.

2. How does Elisha feel about the subject of human trading?
(a) He plans to pursue it as a future career.
(b) Impressed.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) He considers it a necessary evil.

3. Who does Elisha find out he has been betrothed to?
(a) Zoma.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Theo.
(d) Shraga.

4. To which court does the the merchant take his case, after he leaves the Jewish court?
(a) The merchant drops the case.
(b) The Roman court.
(c) The Grecian court.
(d) The Elysian court.

5. How does Elisha plan to defend himself to the Sanhedrin?
(a) He intends on asking for forgiveness.
(b) He will explain how he built his faith on a foundation of truth.
(c) He does not plan to defend himself.
(d) He will ask his friends to testify for his faith and character.

Short Answer Questions

1. Roman officers come to the house of Pappas to deliver what document to Elisha?

2. Why does Manto say it is impossible for her to marry Elisha?

3. What type of teaching does Amram follow in his life, and how important is it to him?

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

5. How does Elisha respond when Deborah is trying to renew her marriage with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Nicholaus, Elisha's tutor, look like?

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

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

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

6. Who eavesdrops on a conversation between Elisha and Meir, and what does she discover?

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

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

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

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

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