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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. After sailing for Salonica in 1541 before the Inquisition reaches Italy, where do Rabbi Zaki and his family ultimately settle?
(a) Tarsus.
(b) Safed.
(c) Akka.
(d) Antioch.

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

3. In Safed, who ends up marrying Sarah, Rabbi Zaki's eldest daughter?
(a) Rabbi Zaki's distant cousin.
(b) Yom Tov.
(c) Rabbi Eliezer's son.
(d) Dr. Abulafia.

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?
(a) Wine-making center.
(b) Peach-growing center.
(c) Mining center.
(d) Spiritual center.

5. Of the four members of Rabbi Eliezer's family, which ones survive and find refuge?
(a) Rabbi Eliezer and his wife Leah.
(b) The rabbi and his daughter.
(c) The rabbi and his son.
(d) Only Rabbi Eliezer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hoopoe tries to get permission from the governor of Makor to build what?

2. Why does Kerith express deep discontent to General Amram?

3. Why does Dr. Abulafia leave Spain?

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

5. What did the engineer Hoopoe do for Makor?

(see the answer key)

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