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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Twilight of an Empire, pg. 873 - 927.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Cullinane's expedition is being managed and administered by archaeologist Ilan Eliav, who works for a _____.
(a) Corporate sponsor.
(b) Private library.
(c) Public university.
(d) Government ministry.

2. The early inhabitants of Makor spend less and less time hunting and more time doing what?
(a) Building homes.
(b) Chasing bees.
(c) Tending fields.
(d) Raising sheep.

3. In addition to growing wheat, the earliest inhabitants of Makor learn to do what?
(a) Plant lemon trees.
(b) Build homes near the well.
(c) Plant lettuce patches.
(d) Build sailboats using balsa wood.

4. What do the rabbis of Makor do with the Law, the directives delivered by God?
(a) Study and interpret them.
(b) Change them.
(c) Write them down on library walls.
(d) Enforce them.

5. Returning to the earliest days of Makor, the author writes that someone saves Ur's daughter from a dog about to attack. Who saves her?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A hunter.
(c) Her brother.
(d) A bee chaser.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 167 B.C.E., what additional religion has been introduced in Makor?

2. Who is Rahab, the one who predicts trouble between the Hebrews and the Canaanites?

3. As the book opens, Dr. John Cullinane arrives where?

4. Dr. John Cullinane is a respected what?

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

(see the answer key)

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