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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. Which god does Hoopoe primarily worship?
(a) El-Shaddai.
(b) Yahweh.
(c) Baal.
(d) Buddha.

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

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

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

5. After Meshab becomes a free man, who gives orders to have him killed?
(a) King Solomon.
(b) Queen Bathsheba.
(c) King David.
(d) Queen Isis.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Roman armies overtake the town of Makor, what happens to Yigal?

2. Why does Dr. Abulafia leave Spain?

3. When the general Vespasian is sent to crush the Jews of Makor, what does the now much older Yigal say his people must do?

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

5. The engineer Hoopoe is named after what?

(see the answer key)

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