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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 does the name Epiphanes mean?
(a) Handsome, charitable leader.
(b) God made manifest.
(c) Greater than all others.
(d) Wise chosen one.

2. What does Dr. Abulafia do in Tunis?
(a) Becomes a priest.
(b) Kills an Inquisitor.
(c) Divorces his wife.
(d) Fakes his own murder.

3. In the midst of writing about Makor's earliest inhabitants, the author jumps forward to the present. What does he say Cullinane is doing while Vered is in Chicago?
(a) Making plans to dig a dozen more trenches.
(b) Talking with sponsors to procure more funds.
(c) Reprimanding workers who are leaking information to the press.
(d) Putting together a progress report on the first year of the dig.

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

5. Returning to the earliest days of Makor, the author writes that someone saves Ur's daughter from a dog about to attack. Who saves her?
(a) Her brother.
(b) A bee chaser.
(c) Her mother.
(d) A hunter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Timon and Shelomith are ordered to be executed, but after news arrives that Herod is dead they _____.

2. When do the Crusades end?

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

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

5. By 167 B.C.E., what additional religion has been introduced in Makor?

(see the answer key)

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