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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. In order for a Byzantine basilica to be built in Makor, what must be destroyed to make room for it?

2. When Eliav reveals that Oxford has offered him a prestigious teaching position, he says that _____.

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

4. Even though Yohanan wants his son Menahem to be a Jew, what do the rabbis tell him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens in Podi, Italy after Rabbi Zaki and his family leave by ship in 1541?

4. 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.

5. Who is Muzaffar, and how is he associated with Count Volkmar the Eighth?

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

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

8. In Safed, why does Rabbi Itzik of Vodzh decline to join the Jews who are singing in preparation for battle prior to the city being turned over to Arab rule?

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

10. Why does Hacohen purchase Jewish books from Tabari?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the structures Cullinane desires to uncover at the dig is a castle. Write about this castle, explaining how and when it got there. During what era was it built? What was Makor like during that time? What does Cullinane determine about the castle?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast the invasion of Makor by the Arabic raider Abd Umar and the Christian crusader Gunter. Who shows greater mercy and compassion? How does Makor change after each of these invasions?

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