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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Saintly Men of Safed, pp. 763-869.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hoopoe tries to get permission from the governor of Makor to build what?
(a) Water system.
(b) Spiraling tower.
(c) Twenty-room mansion.
(d) Five-story temple.

2. When Hoopoe needs new iron tools to dig tunnels, he travels to get them from where?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Babylon.
(c) Phoenicia.
(d) Cairo.

3. 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) He wants to enjoy the better weather of Spain.
(c) A cousin in Makor urges him to move there.
(d) He is offered a better position in Tunis.

4. Around 37 C.E., why does Yigal, a young Jewish laborer, oppose the Romans?
(a) He and other Jews refuse to accept statues of Caligula.
(b) A Roman soldier stole his wife.
(c) He is tired of having to make bricks for free.
(d) A Roman soldier slighted his father.

5. How long does Meshab work for Hoopoe on his major engineering project?
(a) Three years.
(b) Fort y years.
(c) Twelve years.
(d) Seven years.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Roman armies overtake the town of Makor, what happens to its Jewish residents?

2. In Podi, Italy, what does Rabbi Zaki tell his wife?

3. After Rabbi Zaki's wife Rachel dies in Safed, who does he end up marrying?

4. Safed is a booming manufacturing city and major trading center by the time Rabbis Zaki and Eliezer and Dr. Abulafia arrive. These men help turn Safed into what else?

5. Why is Simeon against Yigal's plans to oppose the Romans?

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