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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. After Roman armies overtake the town of Makor, what happens to its Jewish residents?
(a) Most are killed and the rest are taken into slavery.
(b) All are exiled to Jordan.
(c) The adults are killed but the children are spared.
(d) Most escape into the nearby swamps.

2. After meeting with his colleagues as the book opens, Dr. Cullinane drives with them to where?
(a) Makor.
(b) Bangladesh.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Arizona.

3. Why does Kerith express deep discontent to General Amram?
(a) He disagrees with the rulers of Makor.
(b) She wants to return to Jerusalem.
(c) He disagrees with the rulers of Jerusalem.
(d) She wants to be free.

4. Why does Menalaus have his circumcision reversed?
(a) To be able to marry the woman he loves.
(b) To avoid being executed.
(c) To avoid having to pay a fine.
(d) To become a citizen and compete in the Olympics.

5. The voice of the Hebrew god El-Shaddai tells the old man Zadok to _____.
(a) Go to the forest.
(b) Befriend his enemies.
(c) Forgive his brother.
(d) Leave the desert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gomer's son is forced to serve in the army of the _____.

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

3. Shmuel Hacohen is a Jewish immigrant who ends up in Tubariyeh from where?

4. In Safed, who ends up marrying Sarah, Rabbi Zaki's eldest daughter?

5. By the year 605 B.C.E., in what condition is Hoopoe's wall found?

(see the answer key)

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