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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. What type of work do Rabbi Zaki's wife and daughters do in Safed?

2. In exchange for water in the Jewish settlements, the leader of Tubariyeh is trying to get baksheesh, which is what?

3. What does Dr. Abulafia do in Tunis?

4. At the end of the book, who does Vered Bar-El decide to marry?

5. In Podi, Italy, what does Rabbi Zaki tell his wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Abd Umar and his background.

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

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

8. What happens when the Jews defend Safed in 1948?

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

10. 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"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the following from the period around 1419 B.C.E.:

1. The desire to coexist in Makor between Zadok and his fellow Hebrews and Uriel and his Canaanite townspeople.

2. The conflicts that arise between the Hebrews and the Canaanites.

3. The epic battle that ensues between these two groups and its outcome.

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the book, are the archaeologists successful at the dig at Makor? Do they find what they are looking for? Do they make any new and unexpected discoveries?

Essay Topic 3

Despite the many conflicts and wars that take place time and again in The Source, the author includes several close relationships based on love, mutual respect, and deep trust. Write about two of these relationships. How do these relationships serve as beacons of light during the turbulent history of Makor?

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