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

2. Shmuel Hacohen is a Jewish immigrant who ends up in Tubariyeh from where?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) Spain.
(d) Russia.

3. Timon and Shelomith are ordered to be executed, but after news arrives that Herod is dead they _____.
(a) Are imprisoned indefinitely.
(b) Are freed.
(c) Are exiled to Antioch.
(d) Find a way to escape.

4. When Tabari offers Shmuel Hacohen Jewish books, what does Hacohen do?
(a) Asks Tabari to donate the books to a nearby synagogue.
(b) Demands that the books be returned to their rightful owner.
(c) Buys the books.
(d) Declines the books.

5. Hoopoe tries to get permission from the governor of Makor to build what?
(a) Five-story temple.
(b) Water system.
(c) Spiraling tower.
(d) Twenty-room mansion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kerith express deep discontent to General Amram?

2. How many daughters does Jeremoth, the governor of Makor, have?

3. What happens when Abd Umar and his army reach Makor?

4. When is Christianity declared the religion of the empire that Makor is a part of?

5. In 2200 B.C.E., about seven thousand years after Makor is first inhabited, what types of dwellings are found there?

(see the answer key)

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