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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. How long had it been since Ester had held a quill in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 12, who offered to help the rabbi make a marriage match for Ester?

3. In what languages did Dror sing to Helen in Chapter 11 when they went to Jaffa?

4. What were the names of the HaLevy boys that Mendes was tutoring in Chapter 10?

5. From where is the letter written in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what did Issac tell Ester when she asked him to return to the Rabbi's household?

2. How did Isaac die?

3. In Chapter 11, how did Helen come to buy the Masada painting?

4. In Chapter 6, what did Ester see when she was onboard a ship?

5. What rules did the Mahamad set forth in a pamphlet in Chapter 14?

6. In Chapter 14, what did Mendes say about Spinoza?

7. According to Mary in Chapter 16, under what circumstances might Ester marry?

8. How does Helen learn about the papers from the seventeenth century?

9. Why did Catherine choose Ester to be Mary's companion?

10. At the end of Chapter 13, why does Helen say that she left Dror?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel and why? Could it be classified as two or more different genres?

Essay Topic 2

Aaron accuses Helen of attributing Ester with the traits of feminism. Why does Helen attribute the traits of feminism to Ester? Was Ester a feminist?

Essay Topic 3

Mary da Costa Mendes is left alone in London after her mother’s death. Why was Mary’s mother concerned about the relationship between Mary and her father before she died? Where is her father after Mary’s mother's death? Why does he leave her alone in London? How would you describe the relationship between Mary and her father?

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