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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Twilight of an Empire, pg. 873 - 927.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The governor of Makor gives sanctuary to Gershom, who is a what?
(a) Murderer.
(b) Drug dealer.
(c) Magician.
(d) Dethroned king.

2. Gomer's son is forced to serve in the army of the _____.
(a) Caananites.
(b) Babylonians.
(c) Egyptians.
(d) Hebrews.

3. When Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari travels to Akka by caravan, who does he encounter?
(a) One of the men on Hacohen's list.
(b) Three orphans from nearby Makor.
(c) Two widows lost in the desert.
(d) His long lost brother-in-law.

4. After Governor Jeremoth has the walls of Makor rebuilt, what group is able to breach the wall and capture Makor?
(a) Hebrews.
(b) Canaanites.
(c) Egyptians.
(d) Babylonians.

5. Why does Dr. Abulafia leave Spain?
(a) He has Jewish ancestors and fears the Inquisition.
(b) He gets a better job at Podi, Italy.
(c) He is appalled at what Spain is doing and takes his family to Makor.
(d) He takes a trip to visit relatives in Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Volkmar meets with a Mameluke captain, what concern does the captain raise?

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

3. By the year 605 B.C.E., in what condition is Hoopoe's wall found?

4. Returning to the earliest days of Makor, the author writes that someone saves Ur's daughter from a dog about to attack. Who saves her?

5. In governing the people of Tubariyeh in the 1880s, the ruler of this city is used to doing what?

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