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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Returning to the earliest days of Makor, the author writes that someone saves Ur's daughter from a dog about to attack. Who saves her?

2. In the end, what does Petronius agree to with regard to the demands from Yigal and his group?

3. In 2200 B.C.E., about seven thousand years after Makor is first inhabited, what types of dwellings are found there?

4. In "The Voice of Gomer," why are the Hebrews facing reprisals from Yahweh?

5. What does the name Epiphanes mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Ur and his son work on building a dike?

2. Describe what Makor is like around 2200 B.C.E.

3. How do Yigal and his wife die?

4. What kind of relationship does Zadok have with El-Shaddai?

5. Explain who Gomer and Rimmon are.

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

7. Why do the priests of Makor have Urbaal killed?

8. Explain why Kerith is miserable in Makor.

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

10. Describe how Ur and his family live during Makor's earliest days.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write about the city of Safed during its boom time in the 1500s. How did it go from a sleepy town of a thousand residents to a bustling trade center with more than sixty thousand inhabitants? What caused this city to grow so much in less than ninety years?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout its history, Makor experiences moments of glory and times of near-destruction. Select one glorious era and one dark era from the history of this town. Compare and contrast these two eras. How does Makor advance during the boom time? What keeps it from the brink of destruction during its darker days?

Essay Topic 3

In many of the situations Michener creates, he employs irony. Find two instances where irony appears in The Source. In each case, explain what makes the situation ironic. State how irony adds greater depth to the situation.

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