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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. Fighting on the side of the Prophet Muhammad, Abd Umar works diligently to spread Islam across Byzantine regions although he _____.
(a) Was born a Christian.
(b) Has a Jewish aunt and a Christian grandfather.
(c) Was born a Jew.
(d) Doesn't hate Christians or Jews.

2. Why does Rabbi Eliezer, a German Jew in Gretz, decide to leave Germany with his wife Leah and their family?
(a) He is publicly humiliated and his synagogue is torn down.
(b) A cousin in Makor urges him to move there.
(c) He wants to enjoy the better weather of Spain.
(d) He is offered a better position in Tunis.

3. After Cullinane tells Eliav that he plans to marry Vered Bar-El, what does Eliav say?
(a) A date for the wedding of Bar-El and Eliav has already been set.
(b) Americans are so rude.
(c) Vered finds Cullinane repulsive.
(d) Vered will never marry a non-Jew.

4. In "Twilight of an Empire," who is the ruler of Tiberias, a city that is called Tubariyeh in 1880?
(a) Ilan Vered.
(b) Mameluke Volkmar.
(c) Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari.
(d) Kerith El Hopoe.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order for a Byzantine basilica to be built in Makor, what must be destroyed to make room for it?

2. After sailing for Salonica in 1541 before the Inquisition reaches Italy, where do Rabbi Zaki and his family ultimately settle?

3. Even though Yohanan wants his son Menahem to be a Jew, what do the rabbis tell him?

4. Why does Dr. Abulafia leave Spain?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the chapter "Rabbi Itzik and the Sabra," the reader meets Vered Bar-El in her youth. Describe who she is and what she does in this chapter.

4. Describe Abd Umar and his background.

5. What does Tabari say about the constitution reformers when he meets with his superior?

6. In "The Law," who is Menahem, and why is he not accepted into the Jewish faith?

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

8. In the chapter "The Tell," what does Cullinane realize about Bar-El as he looks at pictures of her from newspaper clippings?

9. In Safed, why does Rabbi Itzik of Vodzh decline to join the Jews who are singing in preparation for battle prior to the city being turned over to Arab rule?

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

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