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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) 313 C.E.
(c) 89 C.E.
(d) 142 C.E.

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

3. In Safed, who ends up marrying Sarah, Rabbi Zaki's eldest daughter?
(a) Yom Tov.
(b) Rabbi Zaki's distant cousin.
(c) Dr. Abulafia.
(d) Rabbi Eliezer's son.

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

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) Sixty thousand.
(b) Fifteen thousand.
(c) Two hundred thousand.
(d) Three thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who opposes the plans Isidore Gottesman and other Jews are making for Safed?

2. The Mamelukes take over the Muslim Empire from Damascus. Volkmar requests permission from the Mamelukes to do what?

3. While the Gottesmanns and other Jews sing sustaining songs at Safed, what does Rabbi Itzik do?

4. At the end of the book, Tabari explains that he has never left the area because _____.

5. What does Dr. Abulafia do in Tunis?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

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

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

4. Describe Abd Umar and his background.

5. Why does Makor fall so easily into Abd Umar's hands?

6. 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.

7. Summarize the state of Makor when Christianity prevails in the region around 313 C.E.

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

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

10. Who is the leader of Tiberias, known as Tubariyeh, found along the Sea of Galilee in 1880 C.E.?

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