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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. What did the engineer Hoopoe do for Makor?
(a) Built an impenetrable castle.
(b) Built a new defense wall.
(c) Modernized sailboat designs.
(d) Modernized farming techniques.

2. The history of Makor begins with the family of a man named what?
(a) Thurton.
(b) Urbaal.
(c) Thor.
(d) Ur.

3. After meeting with his colleagues as the book opens, Dr. Cullinane drives with them to where?
(a) Bangladesh.
(b) Makor.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Arizona.

4. Why can't Volkmar accept the terms presented by the Mameluke leaders upon their arrival to Makor?
(a) It would endanger his wife and son.
(b) He would lose his status.
(c) It would mean slavery for his people.
(d) He would lose his life.

5. Why does Urbaal buy a statue of the goddess Astarte?
(a) To help his wife be fertile.
(b) To protect his home and children.
(c) To protect his flock of sheep.
(d) To help restore his health.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. John Cullinane is a respected what?

2. How does the stonecutter Yohanan distract his son Menahem who is treated like an outcast by the other children?

3. At the start of Dr. Cullinane's archaeological dig, how much funding has he already procured?

4. How many daughters does Jeremoth, the governor of Makor, have?

5. When Makor is part of the Seleucid Empire and an edict is given stating that Jews can no longer circumcise their male children, some Jews justify this order while others _____.

(see the answer key)

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