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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. Meir walks with Elisha until they reach the boundary which marks what?
(a) Where Jews are not allowed to cross on the Sabbath.
(b) The entrance to Caesarea.
(c) The beginning of Roman territory.
(d) The separation between Jews and Romans.

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

3. What happens after Judah ben Baba ordains the new rabbi at their secret meeting?
(a) Elisha talks with Judah ben Baba about logic and faith.
(b) Judah ben Baba flees to Morocco.
(c) The Persians attack Rome.
(d) The Romans find Judah ben Baba and kill him.

4. What does Elisha ask of Rufus in return for his cooperation?
(a) To stop the war.
(b) To not kill Pappas.
(c) To forgive him.
(d) To destroy the Sanhedrin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people of Bethar do when they realize that the Romans will soon overrun their town?

2. What is the strength of the Jewish faith expected to outlast?

3. What is Elisha's great undoing?

4. What does Elisha say in response to Meir when Meir asks Elisha to come home with him?

5. What happens to Elisha's grave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elisha tell Meir about faith and reason?

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

3. Why does Charicles say that mathematics and science could also be myths?

4. Why does Elisha's discussion with Charicles deeply disturb Elisha?

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

6. How did Meir honor Elisha after Elisha died?

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

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

9. Why do Elisha and Manto hide their mutual love from Rufus, Manto's benefactor?

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

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