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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. Even though Yohanan wants his son Menahem to be a Jew, what do the rabbis tell him?
(a) He can choose to join the faith only after he spends twenty years studying.
(b) He can choose to join the faith when he's twenty-one.
(c) He can't be.
(d) One day he may be.

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

3. After the Hebrews attack and burn Makor, the surviving Canaanites agree to do what?
(a) Accept El-Shaddai.
(b) Leave immediately.
(c) Continue to worship Baal.
(d) Farm the land.

4. In the chapter "Psalm of the Hoopoe Bird," the time line has moved forward to approximately what year?
(a) 7012 B.C.E.
(b) 963 B.C.E.
(c) 123 C.E.
(d) 892 C.E.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Shmuel Hacohen is nearly stoned to death, who saves his life?

2. What do the rabbis of Makor do with the Law, the directives delivered by God?

3. What did the engineer Hoopoe do for Makor?

4. What do Volkmar and the Mameluke captain hope?

5. In addition to growing wheat, the earliest inhabitants of Makor learn to do what?

(see the answer key)

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