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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. Who does Elisha find in prison?
(a) Pappas.
(b) Joseph ben Sera.
(c) Akiba.
(d) Deborah.

2. As Elisha and Pappas travel back through the lands of their birth, what do they find has become of their homes?
(a) They have been destroyed.
(b) They are no loger welcomed because no one knows them anymore.
(c) New families live there, and not much else has changed.
(d) Roman soldiers now occupy them.

3. What task has Rabbi Judah ben Baba been chosen for during the meeting in the attic?
(a) To execute Elisha for his unbelief.
(b) To perform the ceremony for the new rabbis.
(c) To conduct the sacrifice of a small sheep.
(d) To ask the Romans to leave them alone.

4. After 8 years in Antioch, Elisha writes a monograph detailing what?
(a) Elisha's study of Greek and Roman texts.
(b) Elisha's plan for his life studies.
(c) Elisha's life in Antioch.
(d) Elisha's experience as a rabbi in Israel.

5. What information about the new rabbis reaches Elisha in Caeserea?
(a) The new rabbis are missing.
(b) The new rabbi's names.
(c) He learns nothing about the new rabbis.
(d) The new rabbi's birthplaces.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are over thirty rabbis able to meet in the attic of a friend in Lydda?

2. Where has Rufus erected his headquarters?

3. As Meir is weeping at Elisha's grave, how does Meir remember Elisha?

4. Why do Akiba and Elisha not speak when they meet?

5. What happens to people who are caught practicing Jewish traditions and teachings?

Short Essay Questions

1. While in jail, Akiba makes a prediction. What does Akiba predict?

2. Was it wise for Elisha to pursue truth regardless of the consequences?

3. What did Manto make Elisha vow to do, as she lay dying in his arms?

4. Describe the symbolism behind Rufus making Elisha sit beside a harlot during the executions.

5. What did the people of Bethar choose to do rather than face Roman slavery and torture?

6. Elisha's life was controversial and devastating as he searched for truth. Was Elisha's search for truth in vain?

7. As Elisha and Pappas travel back to Jerusalem, how does their hometown look?

8. What happened to Elisha after he was forced to watch the rabbis be executed?

9. How do the Jews of Palestine react when they discover Judah was martyred?

10. Where does Elisha go during the blizzard, and why?

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