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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. When is Christianity declared the religion of the empire that Makor is a part of?
(a) 227 C.E.
(b) 89 C.E.
(c) 142 C.E.
(d) 313 C.E.

2. When Eliav reveals that Oxford has offered him a prestigious teaching position, he says that _____.
(a) He's considering it.
(b) It doesn't pay enough.
(c) He'll never leave Israel.
(d) Vered will decide for him.

3. 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 new, higher taxes will be imposed.
(c) That Volkmar is traveling unescorted.
(d) That there is talk of a new Crusade.

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

5. In 1500, Safed is a sleepy town of a thousand inhabitants. Within ninety years, it becomes a bustling city of approximately how many inhabitants?
(a) Two hundred thousand.
(b) Fifteen thousand.
(c) Sixty thousand.
(d) Three thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rabbi Eliezer, a German Jew in Gretz, decide to leave Germany with his wife Leah and their family?

2. What does Dr. Abulafia do in Tunis?

3. In the last chapter, Cullinane is surprised to discover that Ilan Eliav has been offered what?

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

5. The rabbis of Makor believe that even if the Jewish people have no nation, they will always be bound by what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Law," who is Menahem, and why is he not accepted into the Jewish faith?

2. Why does a priest, Father Vilspronck, come to Tell Makor in the last chapter?

3. Both Ilan Eliav and John Cullinane want to marry Dr. Vered Bar-El. Is either man successful in his personal quest?

4. Describe Abd Umar and his background.

5. Why does the shoemaker Rabbi Zaki feel that he, his wife, and their family must leave their city of Podi, Italy?

6. In 1948, what does Isidore Gottesmann plan to do after the British leave Palestine?

7. Why does Dr. Abulafia flee Spain during the Inquisition?

8. In the chapter "The Tell," what does Cullinane realize about Bar-El as he looks at pictures of her from newspaper clippings?

9. In the chapter "Rabbi Itzik and the Sabra," the reader meets Vered Bar-El in her youth. Describe who she is and what she does in this chapter.

10. How does the author show both the desire for peace and the volatility of Makor and its surroundings in the chapter "The Fires of Ma Coeur"?

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