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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Twilight of an Empire, pg. 873 - 927.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James Michener's historical novel, The Source, focuses on what geographical regions?
(a) Australia and Southeast Asia.
(b) Israel and the Middle East.
(c) China and Northeast India.
(d) Russia and the Far East.

2. What do the rabbis of Makor do with the Law, the directives delivered by God?
(a) Study and interpret them.
(b) Change them.
(c) Enforce them.
(d) Write them down on library walls.

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

4. Dr. Vered Bar-El is Israel's top expert in dating what?
(a) Soil samples.
(b) Cloth samples.
(c) Bone fragments.
(d) Pottery fragments.

5. After Cullinane gives a preparatory lecture explaining plans and procedures to the staff at the dig before excavations begin, what does he do?
(a) Returns to Chicago for a month.
(b) Faints from heat exhaustion.
(c) Goes on a date.
(d) Answers questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of work do Rabbi Zaki's wife and daughters do in Safed?

2. Who is Urbaal descended from?

3. After Governor Jeremoth has the walls of Makor rebuilt, what group is able to breach the wall and capture Makor?

4. Why do the early inhabitants of Makor talk about building a dike?

5. While Cullinane and his associates work on the excavation site, they live and eat where?

(see the answer key)

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