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

2. When do the Crusades end?

3. Fighting on the side of the Prophet Muhammad, Abd Umar works diligently to spread Islam across Byzantine regions although he _____.

4. When the Gottesmans and other Jews arrive at Safed and prepare to defend the city from being turned over to Arab control, which child is among those who greet them?

5. When the Crusades end, who inhabits the castle of Ma Coeur?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what the rabbis determine in "The Law" about what really bonds the Jewish people.

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

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

4. Describe Abd Umar and his background.

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

6. In "The Law," why does Menahem become Christian?

7. Describe the trip Volkmar the Eighth takes with his young son.

8. In Germany in 1096, who is Gunter and why does he join the Crusades?

9. Why does Volkmar the Eighth refuse the terms of the invaders, even if his life would be spared?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the existence of different gods, including Baal and Yahweh, leads to problems and ultimately wars among peoples in Makor through various eras. Personalize this conflict through the stories of the engineer Hoopoe and the prophet Gomer. How are people they know and love hurt by the conflicts that arise between different religions based on different gods?

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

Select two characters in The Source whom you consider heroes. Why do they fit this description? What heroic acts did they perform? How did others benefit from their actions? How did they muster the courage to do what they did?

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