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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Simeon against Yigal's plans to oppose the Romans?
(a) He does not want to anger his Roman wife.
(b) He believes the Romans are right and Yigal is wrong.
(c) He thinks Jews will survive only if they submit to the powerful Romans.
(d) He thinks Yigal is a common laborer who knows nothing about politics.

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

3. By 167 B.C.E., what additional religion has been introduced in Makor?
(a) Taoism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Confucianism.
(d) Hellenism.

4. Why is Urbaal killed?
(a) So that his house could be used by the priests.
(b) So that his wife could marry another.
(c) He kidnapped the king's daughter.
(d) He killed a man.

5. Around 37 C.E., why does Yigal, a young Jewish laborer, oppose the Romans?
(a) He is tired of having to make bricks for free.
(b) A Roman soldier stole his wife.
(c) A Roman soldier slighted his father.
(d) He and other Jews refuse to accept statues of Caligula.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a menorah from around 1550 C.E. is uncovered at the dig, news stories incorrectly refer to it as what?

2. What is the name of Gomer's son?

3. Cullinane and his group start digging up artifacts at Makor, including a bullet, a coin and a menorah but _____.

4. Dr. Vered Bar-El is Israel's top expert in dating what?

5. Under the leader Uriel, Makor is prosperous, having developed a monetary system utilizing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of relationship do the Roman architect Timon and his Jewish wife Shelomith have?

2. Gomer is certain that her son is meant to accomplish a special purpose. Does he live up to her expectations?

3. Why does the leader of the Canaanites accept Zadok and his people?

4. Explain who John Cullinane is and what he is doing in Israel.

5. How do Yigal and his wife die?

6. Summarize what Dr. Cullinane writes about the early society of Makor in his progress report of the first year of the dig.

7. What are archaeologists hoping to find at Makor?

8. Explain why the rulers of Makor during the Seleucid Empire allow the Jews of the town to worship as they wish.

9. Who are Urbaal and Timna?

10. Who is Yigal, and how does he become a leader of his people?

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