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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The Jews refuse to accept the statues.
(c) Petronius refuses to improve working conditions for the Jews.
(d) The Jews refuse to be taxed.

2. In 2200 B.C.E., how do the Makor villagers protect themselves?
(a) By training everyone to use spears.
(b) With a mote around their village.
(c) With a wall around their village.
(d) By hiring neighboring warriors to protect them.

3. Who perfects the planting techniques developed during Makor's earliest days?
(a) Urbaal's wife.
(b) Thor's father.
(c) Thurton's sister.
(d) Ur's son.

4. Who is the supreme deity of the Seleucids?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Krishna.

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

6. How long does it take Gomer and her son to travel from Makor to Jerusalem?
(a) Twenty days.
(b) Eight days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Fifteen days.

7. By Zadok's era, copper tools have been in use for how long?
(a) Three thousand years.
(b) Twelve thousand years.
(c) Five hundred years.
(d) Sixty years.

8. In addition to a castle the team is looking for, the archaeologists believe that the Makor site will reveal what else?
(a) Temple, pyramid, shrine, and obelisk.
(b) Basilica, temple, synagogue, and mosque.
(c) Fortress, pyramid, and minaret.
(d) Shrine, tomb, and military statuettes.

9. How old is Yigal in the year 67 C.E.?
(a) Fifty-three.
(b) Eighty-nine.
(c) Sixty-seven.
(d) Forty-one.

10. Which god does Hoopoe primarily worship?
(a) Yahweh.
(b) El-Shaddai.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Baal.

11. Timon and Shelomith are ordered to be executed, but after news arrives that Herod is dead they _____.
(a) Find a way to escape.
(b) Are exiled to Antioch.
(c) Are imprisoned indefinitely.
(d) Are freed.

12. When Makor is part of the Seleucid Empire and an edict is given stating that Jews can no longer circumcise their male children, some Jews justify this order while others _____.
(a) Move back to Jerusalem where they can practice their customs freely.
(b) Plan a secret revolt against the emperor.
(c) Refuse to break the covenant Abraham had made regarding circumcision.
(d) Convince the non-Jews that circumcision is a superior practice.

13. While Cullinane and his associates work on the excavation site, they live and eat where?
(a) Tents.
(b) Kibbutz.
(c) Luxury hotel.
(d) Budget motel.

14. Around 37 C.E., why does Yigal, a young Jewish laborer, oppose the Romans?
(a) A Roman soldier slighted his father.
(b) A Roman soldier stole his wife.
(c) He and other Jews refuse to accept statues of Caligula.
(d) He is tired of having to make bricks for free.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. John Cullinane is a respected what?

2. Cullinane and the staff begin digging at Makor hoping to find what, among other things?

3. How many daughters does Jeremoth, the governor of Makor, have?

4. In the end, what does Petronius agree to with regard to the demands from Yigal and his group?

5. The early inhabitants of Makor spend less and less time hunting and more time doing what?

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