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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. How does Elisha begins his life as a Rabbi?
(a) Giving up all his possessions.
(b) By signing documents.
(c) Helping widows and children.
(d) Judging in Usha.

2. When Elisha is going back to Nicholaus, what does he overhear his father say to Uncle Amram?
(a) He worries Elisha does not believe in miracles.
(b) He does not believe in the miracle of the parting of the Red Sea.
(c) He does not think Elisha studies hard enough.
(d) He thinks he should take over direction of Elisha's studies.

3. Where does Elisha suspect the real truth lies?
(a) The Sanhedrin, tradition, and ancient scriptures.
(b) Math, english, and religion.
(c) Science, math, or philosophy.
(d) Logic, reason, and astrology.

4. Who is the leader of the rebels?
(a) Julianus of Tarsus.
(b) Rabbi Joshua of Tarsus.
(c) Maximus of Tarsus.
(d) Saul of Tarsus.

5. What gift does Elisha receive from Pappas?
(a) Old, ancient scrolls.
(b) An expensive lamp.
(c) A Greek book.
(d) A ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Meir's children?

2. What does Manto decide Elisha should do, after she becomes involved in his quest?

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

4. What sort of people does Elisha find himself in the company of after accepting an invitation to dinner by one of the rhetoricians?

5. How does Elisha try to console Deborah after she becomes pregnant twice and loses both babies?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part One, Chapter XX, what advice does Nicholaus give to Elisha about Elisha's obsession with Greek literature?

2. After the ex-communication of Elisha was read at Sanhedrin, what did Joshua do?

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

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

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

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

7. What strikes Elisha as characteristic about the people of Antioch?

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

9. In Part One, Chapter VI, what does Uncle Amram teach Elisha about his estate?

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

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