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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 Meshab becomes a free man, who gives orders to have him killed?
(a) Queen Isis.
(b) King David.
(c) Queen Bathsheba.
(d) King Solomon.

2. In Podi, Italy, what does Rabbi Zaki tell his wife?
(a) They have been given fifty acres of land.
(b) They are not allowed to have any more children.
(c) They will have to leave.
(d) They must send her brother home.

3. As Volkmar, the eighth Count of Gretz, thinks about what went right and what went wrong during the Crusades, he concludes that _____.
(a) Children should not have been killed.
(b) The Crusaders should have killed fewer people.
(c) The French should have been eliminated.
(d) The Turks should have been eliminated.

4. Hoopoe tries to get permission from the governor of Makor to build what?
(a) Five-story temple.
(b) Water system.
(c) Spiraling tower.
(d) Twenty-room mansion.

5. Cullinane and his group start digging up artifacts at Makor, including a bullet, a coin and a menorah but _____.
(a) These items went missing the next day.
(b) All these items came from Persia.
(c) They were planted there by Eliav as a prank.
(d) None are from the time period of the castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of work do Rabbi Zaki's wife and daughters do in Safed?

2. When Menahem converts to Christianity, who else converts with him?

3. When Tabari offers Shmuel Hacohen Jewish books, what does Hacohen do?

4. James Michener's historical novel, The Source, focuses on what geographical regions?

5. The history of Makor begins with the family of a man named what?

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