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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Psalm of the Hoopoe Bird, pp. 243-329.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cullinane and the staff begin digging at Makor hoping to find what, among other things?
(a) Turkish minaret.
(b) Crusader castle.
(c) Lost city of Atlantis.
(d) Ancient pyramid.

2. 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) A hunter.
(b) A bee chaser.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

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. Who is the first person to greet Dr. Cullinane when he arrives in Israel as the book opens?
(a) Jemail Tabari.
(b) Mahmoud Akko.
(c) Carmel Tewfik.
(d) Bahai Solante.

5. Under the leader Uriel, Makor is prosperous, having developed a monetary system utilizing what?
(a) Rocks and seashells.
(b) Silver and gold.
(c) Rubies and pearls.
(d) Feathers and leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rahab, the one who predicts trouble between the Hebrews and the Canaanites?

2. Leah, who is Zadok's daughter, wants to marry whom?

3. James Michener's historical novel, The Source, focuses on what geographical regions?

4. Why is Urbaal killed?

5. After a menorah from around 1550 C.E. is uncovered at the dig, news stories incorrectly refer to it as what?

(see the answer key)

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