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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Tell, pp. 1019-1088.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The engineer Hoopoe is named after what?
(a) Spanish deer.
(b) Israeli bird.
(c) Arabian mountain lion.
(d) Egyptian lizard.

2. What is the outcome of the meeting that Petronius holds with Jewish leaders in Galilee?
(a) Petronius refuses to lift the ban on circumcisions.
(b) Petronius refuses to improve working conditions for the Jews.
(c) The Jews refuse to be taxed.
(d) The Jews refuse to accept the statues.

3. When the general Vespasian is sent to crush the Jews of Makor, what does the now much older Yigal say his people must do?
(a) Submit to Roman rule.
(b) Assasinate the general.
(c) Escape to Jerusalem.
(d) Resist the Romans again.

4. Dr. Cullinane's expedition is being managed and administered by archaeologist Ilan Eliav, who works for a _____.
(a) Corporate sponsor.
(b) Government ministry.
(c) Public university.
(d) Private library.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kerith?

2. When the ten Jews in Rabbi Itzik's congregation decide to stay in Safed and tell the other Jews to leave, what is their response?

3. By the time Islam arrives at Makor, what major landmark has been there for three hundred years?

4. After Rabbi Zaki's wife Rachel dies in Safed, who does he end up marrying?

5. When Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari meets with his superior to talk about the constitution, what does he say about reformers?

(see the answer key)

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