View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Twilight of an Empire, pg. 873 - 927.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Cullinane and his associates work on the excavation site, they live and eat where?
(a) Luxury hotel.
(b) Tents.
(c) Budget motel.
(d) Kibbutz.

2. Abd Umar believes that the Jews discovered God, that God sent Jesus Christ as a prophet, and that God sent Muhammad as the next prophet, making Islam what?
(a) A common sense approach to daily life.
(b) The only religion that tolerates others.
(c) A compilation of all world religions put together.
(d) A continuation of the religions started by Jews and Christians.

3. What do Volkmar and the Mameluke captain hope?
(a) That the current truce will last the full ten years.
(b) That Volkmar's son will grow to be a just leader.
(c) That Muzaffar will not betray Volkmar.
(d) That the Mongols will agree to begin trading in their region.

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) 892 C.E.
(c) 963 B.C.E.
(d) 123 C.E.

5. When the men of Makor return home after fighting with an army that is ultimately defeated, Gomer's son is _____.
(a) Walking among the survivors.
(b) Now a captured slave.
(c) Not among them.
(d) Carried in on a stretcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Yahweh tells Gomer to take her son to Jerusalem, what does the widow suspect?

2. What did the engineer Hoopoe do for Makor?

3. Of the four members of Rabbi Eliezer's family, which ones survive and find refuge?

4. Where do Yigal and his group go to in order to protest against the Romans to Petronius?

5. Why is Simeon against Yigal's plans to oppose the Romans?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 360 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample