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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Gymnasium & King of the Jews, pp. 377-454.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Urbaal killed?
(a) So that his house could be used by the priests.
(b) He kidnapped the king's daughter.
(c) He killed a man.
(d) So that his wife could marry another.

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

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

4. The early inhabitants of Makor spend less and less time hunting and more time doing what?
(a) Building homes.
(b) Chasing bees.
(c) Raising sheep.
(d) Tending fields.

5. Who is Rahab, the one who predicts trouble between the Hebrews and the Canaanites?
(a) Zadok's wife.
(b) Zadok's mother.
(c) Uriel's wife.
(d) Uriel's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Hebrews attack and burn Makor, the surviving Canaanites agree to do what?

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

3. To keep his funding for the dig, Cullinane knows he has to produce what?

4. During the time of the Seleucid Empire around 167 B.C.E., who is the leader of the Jewish community of Makor?

5. In the earliest days of Makor, the person who breaks the flint in his spear leads whom to a place where the stone is readily available?

(see the answer key)

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