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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Twilight of an Empire," who is the ruler of Tiberias, a city that is called Tubariyeh in 1880?
(a) Ilan Vered.
(b) Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari.
(c) Kerith El Hopoe.
(d) Mameluke Volkmar.

2. What type of work do Rabbi Zaki's wife and daughters do in Safed?
(a) Spinning thread.
(b) Making crepes.
(c) Picking grapes.
(d) Baking bread.

3. 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?
(a) They go just outside the city walls and hide.
(b) They kick the rabbi and his congregation out of town.
(c) They refuse to go and stay to fight.
(d) They laugh and ask the rabbi for some food.

4. 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) Peach-growing center.
(b) Mining center.
(c) Wine-making center.
(d) Spiritual center.

5. Why does Rabbi Itzik want the British to stay in Safed?
(a) He likes the British way of life.
(b) So the British can draw up treaties with the Greeks.
(c) So Jews and Arabs continue to get along.
(d) So the Dutch won't gain too much power.

6. What do the rabbis of Makor do with the Law, the directives delivered by God?
(a) Write them down on library walls.
(b) Study and interpret them.
(c) Enforce them.
(d) Change them.

7. What do Volkmar and the Mameluke captain hope?
(a) That Volkmar's son will grow to be a just leader.
(b) That the Mongols will agree to begin trading in their region.
(c) That the current truce will last the full ten years.
(d) That Muzaffar will not betray Volkmar.

8. How does the stonecutter Yohanan distract his son Menahem who is treated like an outcast by the other children?
(a) Takes him on rock hunting trips to the mountains.
(b) Sings him songs about great leaders.
(c) Tells him stories of faraway lands.
(d) Teaches him how to cook.

9. What kind of place is Tubariyeh?
(a) Very cold at an elevation of ten thousand feet above sea level.
(b) Moderate and at sea level.
(c) Moderate even though it's eight thousand feet above sea level.
(d) Very hot and located at nearly seven hundred feet below sea level.

10. When Tabari offers Shmuel Hacohen Jewish books, what does Hacohen do?
(a) Buys the books.
(b) Asks Tabari to donate the books to a nearby synagogue.
(c) Demands that the books be returned to their rightful owner.
(d) Declines the books.

11. At the end of the book, Tabari explains that he has never left the area because _____.
(a) An ancient curse prevents him from leaving.
(b) The land is special to both Arabs and Jews.
(c) His dead wife is buried on the hilltop, and he wants to be near her.
(d) The food here is the best anywhere.

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

13. After sailing for Salonica in 1541 before the Inquisition reaches Italy, where do Rabbi Zaki and his family ultimately settle?
(a) Tarsus.
(b) Safed.
(c) Akka.
(d) Antioch.

14. In Beirut, what happens to Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari's brother-in-law, who is a constitution reformer?
(a) He is given asylum and is free to roam the city.
(b) He is accused of conspiracy and hanged.
(c) He is kidnapped by Bedouins and sold into slavery.
(d) He is promoted to the position of captain.

15. Why does the widow Zipporah seek Cullinane's help?
(a) She wants to become an archaeologist but doesn't know where to start.
(b) She wants to marry someone but can't get permission to do so.
(c) She wants a job at the dig but nobody will hire her.
(d) She's attracted to Cullinane and simply wants more time with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Abulafia leave Spain?

2. Abd Umar does not advocate violence and strives to capture Makor:

3. Shmuel Hacohen is a Jewish immigrant who ends up in Tubariyeh from where?

4. Why does Volkmar stop to talk with a group of Jews in Acre?

5. In Podi, Italy, what does Rabbi Zaki tell his wife?

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