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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. Who is Kerith?
(a) General from Jerusalem.
(b) General from Makor.
(c) Hoopoe's slave.
(d) Hoopoe's wife.

2. How old is Yigal in the year 67 C.E.?
(a) Forty-one.
(b) Eighty-nine.
(c) Fifty-three.
(d) Sixty-seven.

3. Why does Governor Tarphon write a report advising the government to withdraw edicts against Jewish traditions?
(a) Because the edicts are unfair.
(b) He's trying to impress a Jewish lady he likes.
(c) To avoid a rebellion.
(d) He's worried all the Jews will move elsewhere.

4. Dr. Vered Bar-El is Israel's top expert in dating what?
(a) Pottery fragments.
(b) Bone fragments.
(c) Soil samples.
(d) Cloth samples.

5. Why is one of the first inhabitants of Makor chasing bees?
(a) To keep the bees away from his cattle.
(b) To find honey for his family.
(c) To keep the bees away from his family.
(d) To locate honey to trade with nearby villagers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In exchange for water in the Jewish settlements, the leader of Tubariyeh is trying to get baksheesh, which is what?

2. After Meshab becomes a free man, who gives orders to have him killed?

3. Cullinane and his group start digging up artifacts at Makor, including a bullet, a coin and a menorah but _____.

4. Dr. John Cullinane is a respected what?

5. Why does Volkmar stop to talk with a group of Jews in Acre?

(see the answer key)

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