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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elisha returns home for major festivals and uses this time to learn what from Amram?

2. Which renewed friend provides Elisha with a cover to get the books he needs?

3. What do the workers, numbering over 500, want to do after the command to leave?

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

5. Who does Elisha find out he has been betrothed to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Manto so casual about buying another human slave?

5. Who does Elisha turn to after sharing his thoughts with Deborah, and why?

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

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

8. What secret does Elisha tell Beruriah, and why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Jewish community is generally mistrustful of the Romans. When Shraga and Elisha are working on the court case for the merchant, what does the merchant decide to do, and why? Why did the merchant's business suffer when he took his case to the Roman court? Describe the relationship between the Jewish community and the individual. What pressures and responsibilities do the Jewish members have to their community?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Manto is so casual about picking another human slave? Why is Elisha so disturbed by the process of human trade? Compare Manto's behavior with a similar behavior in American history. Draw conclusions about the nature of subjugating another human being and how this affects the human race.

Essay Topic 3

Elisha sees a young boy climbing a tree for bird eggs. What happens to the little boy and how does it affect Elisha? Why does Elisha turn to the Jewish tradition for answers and why does it make him even more angry? Should faith account for all the evil and suffering in the world? Can bad things be explained away by faith or reason?

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