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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the last chapter, Cullinane is surprised to discover that Ilan Eliav has been offered what?
(a) A teaching position at Harvard.
(b) A job on a cruise ship.
(c) A cabinet post.
(d) A job at another dig.

2. At the end of World War II, Isidore Gottesman marries Ilana and settles where?
(a) Tiberias.
(b) Haifa.
(c) Antwerp.
(d) Kfar Kerem.

3. In Podi, Italy, what does Rabbi Zaki tell his wife?
(a) They must send her brother home.
(b) They have been given fifty acres of land.
(c) They will have to leave.
(d) They are not allowed to have any more children.

4. By the time Islam arrives at Makor, what major landmark has been there for three hundred years?
(a) Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene.
(b) Cathedral of Saint Michael.
(c) Library of the Wisdom of Ages.
(d) Temple of the Olive Groves.

5. As Volkmar prepares for a siege, he figures that there is enough food at Ma Coeur to feed all the farmers for at least how long?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Eight weeks.
(d) Two years.

6. Shmuel Hacohen seeks help from the leader of Tubariyeh to do what?
(a) Acquire land where incoming Jews can settle.
(b) Collect enough money to sail to Italy.
(c) Ask the Sultan to send a delegation to Spain.
(d) Bring the rest of his family to Tubariyeh.

7. While the Gottesmanns and other Jews sing sustaining songs at Safed, what does Rabbi Itzik do?
(a) Leads Talmud study sessions for his group.
(b) Meets with the mayor of Safed.
(c) Harvests grapes from his vineyard.
(d) Conducts a private wedding ceremony.

8. What is the earliest date that Makor hears about Jesus Christ and his crucifixion?
(a) 59 C.E.
(b) 238 C.E.
(c) 172 C.E.
(d) 31 C.E.

9. Why does Muzaffar urge Volkmar to send his son back to Germany?
(a) He believes the boy should attend German schools.
(b) He believes the Mamelukes will invade.
(c) He feels his son is a bad influence on Makor.
(d) He wants more power for himself.

10. When the Gottesmans and other Jews arrive at Safed and prepare to defend the city from being turned over to Arab control, which child is among those who greet them?
(a) Ilan Eliav.
(b) Netanel Hacohen.
(c) Vered Bar-El.
(d) Jacob Itzik.

11. When Faraj Tabari is about to give his superior a gold coin in order to remain in his good graces, he discovers that he has lost the coin. What does he give his superior instead?
(a) His silver bracelet.
(b) Baklava his wife made.
(c) Money he'd received from the Jews.
(d) A book his father had given him.

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

13. When the city of Safed is about to be transferred over to Arab control, what do the Arabs want?
(a) A new mayor.
(b) Additional time to work out all the details.
(c) The Jews to leave.
(d) Additional homes built to accomodate more families.

14. What do the rabbis of Makor do with the Law, the directives delivered by God?
(a) Study and interpret them.
(b) Enforce them.
(c) Write them down on library walls.
(d) Change them.

15. Rabbi Asher has the stonecutter Yohanan finish the interior of what in Makor?
(a) School.
(b) Library.
(c) Temple.
(d) Warehouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari meets with his superior to talk about the constitution, what does he say about reformers?

2. When Menahem wants to marry Jael, daughter of Rabbi Asher, what does the rabbi do?

3. When does Islam arrive in Makor?

4. What gift is the young son of Volkmar, the eighth Count of Gretz, given at Saphet?

5. When John Cullinane discusses the case of the widow Zipporah Zederbaum with Ilan Eliav, Ilan complains that John doesn't know _____.

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