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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Yigal and his group go to in order to protest against the Romans to Petronius?
(a) Accho.
(b) Athens.
(c) Persia.
(d) Ptolemais.

2. James Michener's historical novel, The Source, focuses on what geographical regions?
(a) Israel and the Middle East.
(b) Australia and Southeast Asia.
(c) China and Northeast India.
(d) Russia and the Far East.

3. What did the engineer Hoopoe do for Makor?
(a) Modernized sailboat designs.
(b) Built an impenetrable castle.
(c) Modernized farming techniques.
(d) Built a new defense wall.

4. What job does Gomer's son hold in Makor?
(a) Supervising Jeremoth's olive grove.
(b) Fixing tents.
(c) Managing Jeremoth's library.
(d) Making bricks.

5. During their active resistance against the Romans, Yigal and his group lie down in the path of Romans in order to stop _____.
(a) An important military parade.
(b) The delivery of statues.
(c) The collection of taxes.
(d) An attack against Jerusalem.

6. In 2200 B.C.E., Makor is ruled by whom?
(a) Queen.
(b) Emperor.
(c) Empress.
(d) King.

7. For the Jews, Shabbat is a day of what?
(a) Celebration.
(b) Work.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Food preparation.

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

9. How long does Meshab work for Hoopoe on his major engineering project?
(a) Three years.
(b) Fort y years.
(c) Twelve years.
(d) Seven years.

10. In the earliest days of Makor, the person who breaks the flint in his spear leads whom to a place where the stone is readily available?
(a) Thor and his daughter.
(b) Thurton and his wife.
(c) Urbaal and his father.
(d) Ur and his son.

11. By the year 605 B.C.E., in what condition is Hoopoe's wall found?
(a) Crumbling.
(b) Gone without a trace.
(c) Rebuilt.
(d) Expanded.

12. In addition to growing wheat, the earliest inhabitants of Makor learn to do what?
(a) Build sailboats using balsa wood.
(b) Build homes near the well.
(c) Plant lemon trees.
(d) Plant lettuce patches.

13. 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) Assasinate the general.
(b) Resist the Romans again.
(c) Submit to Roman rule.
(d) Escape to Jerusalem.

14. According to Cullinane, the earliest people of Makor lived in what?
(a) Huts.
(b) Brick houses.
(c) Tents.
(d) Caves.

15. To keep his funding for the dig, Cullinane knows he has to produce what?
(a) Gold.
(b) Scrolls.
(c) Legends.
(d) Results.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Epiphanes mean?

2. Who arrives in Makor to help Yigal and his people fight against invading armies?

3. When Makor becomes part of the Seleucid Empire, how are the Jews living there encouraged?

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

5. After Cullinane gives a preparatory lecture explaining plans and procedures to the staff at the dig before excavations begin, what does he do?

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