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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the book, who does Vered Bar-El decide to marry?
(a) Cullinane.
(b) Zodman.
(c) Nobody.
(d) Eliav.

2. How does Islam arrive at Makor?
(a) Through Arab peace ambassadors.
(b) Through Arab squadrons of raiders.
(c) Through Arab language teachers.
(d) Through Arab slaves.

3. Why does Volkmar stop to talk with a group of Jews in Acre?
(a) He wants to know what is happening in Jerusalem.
(b) He wants to learn more about their religion.
(c) He wants to bring more Jews to Makor.
(d) He wants their help in trading with the Mamelukes.

4. What does Dr. Abulafia do in Tunis?
(a) Fakes his own murder.
(b) Becomes a priest.
(c) Divorces his wife.
(d) Kills an Inquisitor.

5. Safed is a booming manufacturing city and major trading center by the time Rabbis Zaki and Eliezer and Dr. Abulafia arrive. These men help turn Safed into what else?
(a) Mining center.
(b) Wine-making center.
(c) Peach-growing center.
(d) Spiritual center.

6. Accompanied by the trader Muzaffar, what does Volkmar do on the trip he starts in April?
(a) Buys wares to sell at the new trading post.
(b) Stops at seven locations to negotiate with governors.
(c) Points out sights to his son and explains their history.
(d) Collects numerous books from nomadic sages.

7. After Christianity is declared the religion of the empire, what does Rome want to build in Makor?
(a) Cathedral.
(b) Basilica.
(c) Monastary.
(d) Castle.

8. What gift is the young son of Volkmar, the eighth Count of Gretz, given at Saphet?
(a) Egyptian camel.
(b) Turkish horse.
(c) Indian tiger.
(d) Persian peacock.

9. When the city of Safed is about to be transferred over to Arab control, what do the Arabs want?
(a) The Jews to leave.
(b) Additional time to work out all the details.
(c) A new mayor.
(d) Additional homes built to accomodate more families.

10. Of the four members of Rabbi Eliezer's family, which ones survive and find refuge?
(a) Only Rabbi Eliezer.
(b) The rabbi and his daughter.
(c) Rabbi Eliezer and his wife Leah.
(d) The rabbi and his son.

11. When Paul Zodman flies to the dig from Chicago in the last chapter, what surprise announcement does he make?
(a) He's planning to marry Vered Bar-El.
(b) He's run out of money for the dig.
(c) He's assigning everyone to a new dig.
(d) He's misplaced the infamous "Candlestick of Death."

12. In 1500, Safed is a sleepy town of a thousand inhabitants. Within ninety years, it becomes a bustling city of approximately how many inhabitants?
(a) Two hundred thousand.
(b) Sixty thousand.
(c) Three thousand.
(d) Fifteen thousand.

13. In 1947, the United Nations proposes dividing Palestine into two independent states and making Jerusalem what?
(a) Half Palestinian, half Jewish.
(b) A part of Egypt.
(c) An independent, international city.
(d) A part of Jordan.

14. Isidore Gottesman and other Jews prepare to go to Safed to do what?
(a) Evict the British.
(b) Defend the city for the Jewish state.
(c) Evict the Dutch.
(d) Speak with the mayor in hopes of avoiding a conflict.

15. When Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari meets with his superior to talk about the constitution, what does he say about reformers?
(a) He wants to send them to Makor.
(b) He does not support them.
(c) He does not know what they want.
(d) He supports them completely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rabbi Itzik want the British to stay in Safed?

2. In exchange for water in the Jewish settlements, the leader of Tubariyeh is trying to get baksheesh, which is what?

3. Even though the fifteenth century is the Renaissance era, the Jews continue to be what?

4. Why does Rabbi Eliezer, a German Jew in Gretz, decide to leave Germany with his wife Leah and their family?

5. Fighting on the side of the Prophet Muhammad, Abd Umar works diligently to spread Islam across Byzantine regions although he _____.

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