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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. When Hoopoe is finished with his engineering projects, he lives out his days in Makor doing what?
(a) Sailing.
(b) Sculpting.
(c) Tending his sheep.
(d) Raising his children.

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

3. Why is Simeon against Yigal's plans to oppose the Romans?
(a) He thinks Yigal is a common laborer who knows nothing about politics.
(b) He does not want to anger his Roman wife.
(c) He believes the Romans are right and Yigal is wrong.
(d) He thinks Jews will survive only if they submit to the powerful Romans.

4. Where do Yigal and his group go to in order to protest against the Romans to Petronius?
(a) Accho.
(b) Ptolemais.
(c) Athens.
(d) Persia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Safed, who ends up marrying Sarah, Rabbi Zaki's eldest daughter?

2. What did the engineer Hoopoe do for Makor?

3. What does Dr. Abulafia do in Tunis?

4. In the chapter "Psalm of the Hoopoe Bird," the time line has moved forward to approximately what year?

5. When Hoopoe needs new iron tools to dig tunnels, he travels to get them from where?

(see the answer key)

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