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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. In 1500, Safed is a sleepy town of a thousand inhabitants. Within ninety years, it becomes a bustling city of approximately how many inhabitants?
(a) Three thousand.
(b) Fifteen thousand.
(c) Two hundred thousand.
(d) Sixty thousand.

2. Why does Rabbi Eliezer, a German Jew in Gretz, decide to leave Germany with his wife Leah and their family?
(a) He wants to enjoy the better weather of Spain.
(b) He is publicly humiliated and his synagogue is torn down.
(c) He is offered a better position in Tunis.
(d) A cousin in Makor urges him to move there.

3. After sailing for Salonica in 1541 before the Inquisition reaches Italy, where do Rabbi Zaki and his family ultimately settle?
(a) Antioch.
(b) Safed.
(c) Tarsus.
(d) Akka.

4. Approximately how many of the Jews of Makor agree to support Yigal's plan to oppose the Romans?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Half.
(c) Ninety percent.
(d) One-fourth.

5. What did the engineer Hoopoe do for Makor?
(a) Built a new defense wall.
(b) Built an impenetrable castle.
(c) Modernized farming techniques.
(d) Modernized sailboat designs.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Meshab becomes a free man, who gives orders to have him killed?

2. When the general Vespasian is sent to crush the Jews of Makor, what does the now much older Yigal say his people must do?

3. In Podi, Italy, what does Rabbi Zaki tell his wife?

4. Why is Simeon against Yigal's plans to oppose the Romans?

5. What type of work do Rabbi Zaki's wife and daughters do in Safed?

(see the answer key)

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