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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. When Hoopoe is finished with his engineering projects, he lives out his days in Makor doing what?
(a) Sailing.
(b) Sculpting.
(c) Tending his sheep.
(d) Raising his children.

2. After Cullinane gives a preparatory lecture explaining plans and procedures to the staff at the dig before excavations begin, what does he do?
(a) Faints from heat exhaustion.
(b) Answers questions.
(c) Returns to Chicago for a month.
(d) Goes on a date.

3. Urbaal believes his statues were stolen by whom?
(a) Sumino.
(b) Joktan.
(c) Amalek.
(d) Timna.

4. In "The Old Man And His God," the author paints a picture of Makor during what time period?
(a) 312 B.C.E.
(b) 1419 B.C.E.
(c) 42 C.E.
(d) 1019 C.E.

5. During the time of Gomer, Makor is _____.
(a) Only a shadow of its past glory.
(b) A cultural center known far and wide.
(c) A holding place for prisoners.
(d) Extravagantly wealthy and luxurious.

Short Answer Questions

1. The voice of the Hebrew god El-Shaddai tells the old man Zadok to _____.

2. In the chapter "Psalm of the Hoopoe Bird," the time line has moved forward to approximately what year?

3. After sailing for Salonica in 1541 before the Inquisition reaches Italy, where do Rabbi Zaki and his family ultimately settle?

4. When Makor is part of the Seleucid Empire, the Jews living there respect the deities of other cultures but worship their god named _____.

5. Zadok and his people follow El-Shadai's orders and cross the Jordan into the land of:

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