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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 Roman armies overtake the town of Makor, what happens to its Jewish residents?
(a) Most are killed and the rest are taken into slavery.
(b) All are exiled to Jordan.
(c) Most escape into the nearby swamps.
(d) The adults are killed but the children are spared.

2. Who is Kerith?
(a) General from Jerusalem.
(b) Hoopoe's slave.
(c) General from Makor.
(d) Hoopoe's wife.

3. 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.

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

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 son.
(c) Only Rabbi Eliezer.
(d) The rabbi and his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hoopoe is finished with his engineering projects, he lives out his days in Makor doing what?

2. The governor of Makor gives sanctuary to Gershom, who is a what?

3. Why does Dr. Abulafia leave Spain?

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

5. During their active resistance against the Romans, Yigal and his group lie down in the path of Romans in order to stop _____.

(see the answer key)

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