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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elisha feel shamed by?
(a) By the idea that he caused the Jewish faith to end forever.
(b) By having to sit next to a harlot at the executions.
(c) By the dedication of his fellow rabbis.
(d) By how the other rabbis beg for their lives.

2. How do the great sages go to their deaths?
(a) With dignity, displaying their great faith.
(b) While pleading for thier lives, and renouncing their religion.
(c) Knowing that they cannot save the Jewish faith.
(d) Cursing Elisha for his hand in their demise.

3. What happens when Meir and Elisha part ways?
(a) Elisha watches Meir walk away until he can no longer be seen.
(b) Meir swears to never tell a soul about seeing Elisha.
(c) Meir watches Elisha walk away until he can no longer be seen.
(d) Meir walks on with Elisha.

4. How long does the siege on Bethar last?
(a) The siege never takes place.
(b) Three years.
(c) Four years.
(d) It never ends.

5. Why does Elisha return to Antioch?
(a) To end the war, and free his people.
(b) To complete his studies.
(c) To attend the funeral of his good friend, Pappas.
(d) To ask Pappas for forgiveness.

6. What vow does Elisha make to Manto before she dies in his arms?
(a) He will tell Rufus she loves him.
(b) Nothing will stop him from completing his great project.
(c) He will find Rufus and aid him in his war efforts.
(d) He will love her forever.

7. Where is Elisha taken after the executions?
(a) To the home of Nicholaus, who cares for him.
(b) To Rufus.
(c) To the home of Pappas, who has been executed.
(d) To jail.

8. What fate does Elisha accept?
(a) The fate of eternal damnation.
(b) That he will never find the answers he is searching for.
(c) That he is a man without religion and without country.
(d) To question everything in his final moments.

9. What is Elisha amazed to find even on death row?
(a) The Jewish prisoners are on death row.
(b) The Roman soldiers treat the Jewish prisoners with dignity.
(c) The Rabbis have lost their faith.
(d) The Rabbis still believe the faith will survive.

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

11. How do the two men discuss the highest levels of philosophy?
(a) Without much passion or wit.
(b) With disgust.
(c) As men who have devoted their lives to the study of philosophy.
(d) From the standpoint of men who have great faith.

12. How does Elisha feel about his quest to seek a reasoned certainty that would explain everything, including faith?
(a) His quest has only strengthened his commitment to faith.
(b) His quest was in vain.
(c) His quest was a vital part of faith.
(d) Given the chance, he would not change anything.

13. What does Charicles say about Euclid?
(a) Euclid should have been jailed for heresy.
(b) He was the greatest mind of his time.
(c) There are no proofs that Euclid was correct beyond doubt.
(d) Euclid was correct beyond doubt.

14. How does Elisha feel about the Greek literature he has learned in his first three years in Antioch?
(a) That he can't comprehend Greek literature fully.
(b) That the Greek way of life is the path he is meant to follow.
(c) Beneath the poetry and words there is fear and regret.
(d) He hates Greek literature.

15. What can Meir see in his old master's eyes?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Anguish.
(c) Disillusionment.
(d) Concern.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do both Elisha and Pappas curtail their expenses and move to smaller apartments?

2. Where has Rufus erected his headquarters?

3. Why do Manto and Elisha always have a third person with them?

4. Who brings Elisha the news that Manto is dying?

5. What information about the new rabbis reaches Elisha in Caeserea?

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