Quiz on בבא מציעא כד

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How did Mar Zutra Chasida know who stole the silver goblet?
1. He dusted for fingerprints.
2. He recognized one of the guests from the wall in the post office.
3. He saw one of the people in the room drying his hands on someone else’s coat.
4. He saw one of the people in the room take food off of someone else’s plate when the man wasn’t looking.
5. He saw one of the people in the room sneak a second portion of dessert from the kitchen when the host wasn’t looking.
Which questions does the Gemara discuss about R. Shimon Ben Elazar’s Pesak, that something found in public place may be kept?
1. Was he discussing a place that is mostly Kena'anim, or even one that is mostly Yisra'elim‎?
2. Do the Chachamim agree with him if he was discussing a place that is mostly Kena'anim?
3. Does the Halacha folllow R. Shimon Ben Elazar?
4. Answers A and C.
5. All answers correct.
Why didn’t Rav Yehuda consider losing money in the Biran River to be Zuto Shel Yam?
1. It was low tide.
2. The Biran River was dammed up, so the owner would not be Meya’aish.
3. Most people living in the surrounding cities were Yisra'elim.
4. Rav Yehuda didn’t hold of Zuto Shel Yam.
5. The way that the money was wrapped was a Siman.
Why did Shmuel say to return an Avaida that was found in the Bai Disa marketplace?
1. Because of Lifnim Meshuras Hadin.
2. The area was one that was a majority of Yisra'elim.
3. The police would regularly inspect people leaving the area, so the owner wasn’t Meya’aish. (Like the dammed-up Biran River.)
4. Even though the majority of people there weren’t Yisra'elim, the object was one that was clearly lost by a Yisrael.
5. The person asking him the question had seen who had dropped it.
Why was Bar Meryon allowed to eat the meat that the vulture “delivered”?
1. The Halacha is like Levi, who says that Basar Shenisalem Min Ha’Ayin isn't forbidden.
2. The area was one that was a majority of Kena'anim.
3. Witnesses told him that they heard the owner despair of ever recovering the meat.
4. A vulture swooping down, grabbing something, and carrying it away, is Zuto Shel Yam.
5. The meat didn’t have a Siman, so he didn’t have to return it.