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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 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) Baklava his wife made.
(b) Money he'd received from the Jews.
(c) A book his father had given him.
(d) His silver bracelet.

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

3. In exchange for water in the Jewish settlements, the leader of Tubariyeh is trying to get baksheesh, which is what?
(a) A pastry made of honey and dates.
(b) Very thin silver jewelry.
(c) A tip or bribe in exchange for a service.
(d) Immunity against any future mistakes he may make.

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

5. Shmuel Hacohen is a Jewish immigrant who ends up in Tubariyeh from where?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) Russia.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Volkmar and the Mameluke captain hope?

2. Safed is a booming manufacturing city and major trading center by the time Rabbis Zaki and Eliezer and Dr. Abulafia arrive. These men help turn Safed into what else?

3. What is the earliest date that Makor hears about Jesus Christ and his crucifixion?

4. In the region of Palestine in the 1940s, which ruling group is preparing to leave the area?

5. Of the four members of Rabbi Eliezer's family, which ones survive and find refuge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Abd Umar and his background.

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

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

4. How does Volkmar, the Count of Gretz, end up as governor of Makor?

5. Who is Shmuel Hacohen, and what does he want from Tabari?

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

7. Where are Vered Bar-El and John Cullinane as the chapter "The Tell" opens?

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

9. 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"?

10. What does Tabari say about the constitution reformers when he meets with his superior?

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