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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Islam arrives at Makor, the population there consists primarily of Christians, Jews, and _____.
(a) Sikhs.
(b) Hindus.
(c) Pagans.
(d) Shintos.

2. What happens when Abd Umar and his army reach Makor?
(a) There is no military resistance, and only two are killed.
(b) Abd Umar signs a treaty with Makor's religious leaders.
(c) Makor's leaders are imprisoned and the people are enslaved.
(d) A bloody battle ensues and most of the residents die.

3. Abd Umar believes that in not accepting Muhammad, Christians and Jews are what?
(a) Stubborn and arrogant.
(b) Merely misguided.
(c) Filled with thoughts of superiority.
(d) Brainwashed by priests and rabbis.

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

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

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

7. Why can't Volkmar accept the terms presented by the Mameluke leaders upon their arrival to Makor?
(a) He would lose his life.
(b) It would mean slavery for his people.
(c) He would lose his status.
(d) It would endanger his wife and son.

8. After Cullinane tells Eliav that he plans to marry Vered Bar-El, what does Eliav say?
(a) Americans are so rude.
(b) Vered finds Cullinane repulsive.
(c) Vered will never marry a non-Jew.
(d) A date for the wedding of Bar-El and Eliav has already been set.

9. The Mamelukes take over the Muslim Empire from Damascus. Volkmar requests permission from the Mamelukes to do what?
(a) Negotiate a treaty with their leader.
(b) Travel with his son through the empire.
(c) Build a library in their capital city.
(d) Establish a trading post near Damascus.

10. What gift is the young son of Volkmar, the eighth Count of Gretz, given at Saphet?
(a) Turkish horse.
(b) Egyptian camel.
(c) Persian peacock.
(d) Indian tiger.

11. 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) Jacob Itzik.
(b) Ilan Eliav.
(c) Vered Bar-El.
(d) Netanel Hacohen.

12. What does Dr. Abulafia do in Tunis?
(a) Divorces his wife.
(b) Fakes his own murder.
(c) Becomes a priest.
(d) Kills an Inquisitor.

13. Of the four members of Rabbi Eliezer's family, which ones survive and find refuge?
(a) Rabbi Eliezer and his wife Leah.
(b) The rabbi and his daughter.
(c) Only Rabbi Eliezer.
(d) The rabbi and his son.

14. When Volkmar meets with a Mameluke captain, what concern does the captain raise?
(a) That Volkmar's son will forget his German roots.
(b) That there is talk of a new Crusade.
(c) That Volkmar is traveling unescorted.
(d) That new, higher taxes will be imposed.

15. When Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari meets with his superior to talk about the constitution, what does he say about reformers?
(a) He does not know what they want.
(b) He supports them completely.
(c) He does not support them.
(d) He wants to send them to Makor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1947, the United Nations proposes dividing Palestine into two independent states and making Jerusalem what?

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

3. When Shmuel Hacohen is nearly stoned to death, who saves his life?

4. 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?

5. As John Cullinane looks at newspaper clippings with photos of Vered Bar-El, what does he realize?

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