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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Saintly Men of Safed, pp. 763-869.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Yigal in the year 67 C.E.?
(a) Forty-one.
(b) Fifty-three.
(c) Sixty-seven.
(d) Eighty-nine.

2. In the chapter "Psalm of the Hoopoe Bird," the time line has moved forward to approximately what year?
(a) 7012 B.C.E.
(b) 123 C.E.
(c) 892 C.E.
(d) 963 B.C.E.

3. Why is Simeon against Yigal's plans to oppose the Romans?
(a) He thinks Yigal is a common laborer who knows nothing about politics.
(b) He does not want to anger his Roman wife.
(c) He thinks Jews will survive only if they submit to the powerful Romans.
(d) He believes the Romans are right and Yigal is wrong.

4. After Meshab becomes a free man, who gives orders to have him killed?
(a) Queen Bathsheba.
(b) Queen Isis.
(c) King David.
(d) King Solomon.

5. Of the four members of Rabbi Eliezer's family, which ones survive and find refuge?
(a) The rabbi and his daughter.
(b) The rabbi and his son.
(c) Only Rabbi Eliezer.
(d) Rabbi Eliezer and his wife Leah.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Safed, who ends up marrying Sarah, Rabbi Zaki's eldest daughter?

2. What does Dr. Abulafia do in Tunis?

3. Where do Yigal and his group go to in order to protest against the Romans to Petronius?

4. Even though the fifteenth century is the Renaissance era, the Jews continue to be what?

5. When Hoopoe needs new iron tools to dig tunnels, he travels to get them from where?

(see the answer key)

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