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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. Who perfects the planting techniques developed during Makor's earliest days?
(a) Urbaal's wife.
(b) Ur's son.
(c) Thurton's sister.
(d) Thor's father.

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

3. What job does Gomer's son hold in Makor?
(a) Supervising Jeremoth's olive grove.
(b) Fixing tents.
(c) Managing Jeremoth's library.
(d) Making bricks.

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

5. What do Volkmar and the Mameluke captain hope?
(a) That Volkmar's son will grow to be a just leader.
(b) That the Mongols will agree to begin trading in their region.
(c) That Muzaffar will not betray Volkmar.
(d) That the current truce will last the full ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end, what does Petronius agree to with regard to the demands from Yigal and his group?

2. In the midst of writing about Makor's earliest inhabitants, the author jumps forward to the present. What does he say Cullinane is doing while Vered is in Chicago?

3. After Christianity is declared the religion of the empire, what does Rome want to build in Makor?

4. Urbaal believes his statues were stolen by whom?

5. After sailing for Salonica in 1541 before the Inquisition reaches Italy, where do Rabbi Zaki and his family ultimately settle?

(see the answer key)

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