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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. After looking at newspaper clippings of Vered Bar-El, Cullinane decides that he will do what?

2. In Beirut, what happens to Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari's brother-in-law, who is a constitution reformer?

3. Why can't Volkmar accept the terms presented by the Mameluke leaders upon their arrival to Makor?

4. What major campaign starts in 1095 C.E.?

5. At the end of the book, Tabari explains that he has never left the area because _____.

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. Why does a priest, Father Vilspronck, come to Tell Makor in the last chapter?

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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"?

8. In "The Law," why does Menahem become Christian?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the progress Makor experiences and the advances reached from the time of Ur to the time of his descendant, Urbaal. How much time elapses between these two eras? In what ways does the region improve? In what ways is the original society of Ur better off than the more recent one of Urbaal?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the unusual friendship between Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari, governor of Tubariyeh, and the Russian Jew immigrant Shmuel Hacohen. What bonds them together? What do they dislike about each other? Despite their personal dislikes, why do they help each other? How do they support one another?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the love triangle that exists between Cullinane, Bar-El, and Eliav. Why is Bar-El loyal to Eliav? Why does Cullinane continue to pursue Bar-El despite her loyalty to Eliav? If circumstances were different, would Bar-El be interested in a long-term relationship with Cullinane? Why does the author throw in a surprise ending with Paul Zodman? Support your answers with passages from the book.

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