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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 long does Meshab work for Hoopoe on his major engineering project?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Fort y years.

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?
(a) Submit to Roman rule.
(b) Resist the Romans again.
(c) Assasinate the general.
(d) Escape to Jerusalem.

3. After Roman armies overtake the town of Makor, what happens to Yigal?
(a) He dies of a heart attack.
(b) He is thrown into the lions' den.
(c) He is crucified.
(d) He escapes.

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

5. Where do Yigal and his group go to in order to protest against the Romans to Petronius?
(a) Accho.
(b) Persia.
(c) Athens.
(d) Ptolemais.

Short Answer Questions

1. The engineer Hoopoe is named after what?

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

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

4. In 1500, Safed is a sleepy town of a thousand inhabitants. Within ninety years, it becomes a bustling city of approximately how many inhabitants?

5. Why does Rabbi Eliezer, a German Jew in Gretz, decide to leave Germany with his wife Leah and their family?

(see the answer key)

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