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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) Tending his sheep.
(b) Sculpting.
(c) Raising his children.
(d) Sailing.

2. Approximately how many of the Jews of Makor agree to support Yigal's plan to oppose the Romans?
(a) Half.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Ninety percent.
(d) One-fourth.

3. After Roman armies overtake the town of Makor, what happens to Yigal?
(a) He dies of a heart attack.
(b) He is crucified.
(c) He is thrown into the lions' den.
(d) He escapes.

4. What is the outcome of the meeting that Petronius holds with Jewish leaders in Galilee?
(a) Petronius refuses to improve working conditions for the Jews.
(b) The Jews refuse to be taxed.
(c) Petronius refuses to lift the ban on circumcisions.
(d) The Jews refuse to accept the statues.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Abulafia leave Spain?

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

3. Why does Rabbi Eliezer, a German Jew in Gretz, decide to leave Germany with his wife Leah and their family?

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

5. In 1500, Safed is a sleepy town of a thousand inhabitants. Within ninety years, it becomes a bustling city of approximately how many inhabitants?

(see the answer key)

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