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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. At the end of Chapter 26, where did Ester and Rivka go?
(a) The synagogue.
(b) Benjamin HaLevy's home.
(c) da Costa Mendes house.
(d) The rabbi's home.

2. What health problems did a woman have who appeared outside the house with Bescos in Chapter 26?
(a) Large scars on her face.
(b) Broken arm and skin rash.
(c) Bad eye and broken teeth.
(d) Missing arm and deformed hand.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 17, who is in the rare manuscripts room when Aaron arrives?
(a) Helen.
(b) Patricia.
(c) Wilton and three postgraduate students.
(d) Wilton and one postgraduate student.

4. In Chapter 22, what was the last thing that the rabbi said he saw before he was blinded?
(a) His father on the rack.
(b) The flash of a whip.
(c) His mother on the rack.
(d) Martyrs in the fire.

5. When did Ester write Spinoza at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) April 19, 1665.
(b) April 29, 1665.
(c) April 10, 1665.
(d) April 9, 1665.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl who helps Aaron in the records office in Chapter 21?

2. At the end of Chapter 27, why does Helen say that Aaron cannot read the last letters in the folio?

3. In Chapter 26 when did Bescos appear?

4. When did Godwin say that Thomas Farrow had a brief career as a philosopher?

5. Where does Aaron go after leaving the record room in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Manuel request and do in Chapter 20 in a letter he wrote to Ester?

2. In Chapter 20, what did Ester enjoy seeing at Barn Elms?

3. What questions does Helen say could not be asked in the seventeenth century?

4. In Chapter 17, why is Document RQ206 not available?

5. In Chapter 21, what did Aaron discover about Ester?

6. In Chapter 23, what does Marisa tell Aaron?

7. How do Patricia Starling-Haight and Patricia Smith help Helen in Chapter 25?

8. What was Ester's last request in Chapter 28?

9. How did Mary catch the plague and die?

10. What did Alvaro discuss in a poem he wrote as Ester was dying?

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