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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fighting on the side of the Prophet Muhammad, Abd Umar works diligently to spread Islam across Byzantine regions although he _____.
(a) Has a Jewish aunt and a Christian grandfather.
(b) Was born a Christian.
(c) Doesn't hate Christians or Jews.
(d) Was born a Jew.

2. Why does Rabbi Eliezer, a German Jew in Gretz, decide to leave Germany with his wife Leah and their family?
(a) He is offered a better position in Tunis.
(b) He is publicly humiliated and his synagogue is torn down.
(c) A cousin in Makor urges him to move there.
(d) He wants to enjoy the better weather of Spain.

3. By the time Islam arrives at Makor, what major landmark has been there for three hundred years?
(a) Temple of the Olive Groves.
(b) Library of the Wisdom of Ages.
(c) Cathedral of Saint Michael.
(d) Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene.

4. The Mamelukes take over the Muslim Empire from Damascus. Volkmar requests permission from the Mamelukes to do what?
(a) Travel with his son through the empire.
(b) Build a library in their capital city.
(c) Negotiate a treaty with their leader.
(d) Establish a trading post near Damascus.

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

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

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

8. When the Gottesmans and other Jews arrive at Safed and prepare to defend the city from being turned over to Arab control, which child is among those who greet them?
(a) Ilan Eliav.
(b) Netanel Hacohen.
(c) Jacob Itzik.
(d) Vered Bar-El.

9. By the time Islam arrives at Makor, there is a great deal of bickering between several Christian factions, particularly the Egyptians and Byzantines and what other two Christian groups?
(a) The Astorians and those who follow Greece.
(b) The Nestorians and those who follow Rome.
(c) The Gentiles and the Cossacks.
(d) The Alexandrians and the Turks.

10. When Menahem wants to marry Jael, daughter of Rabbi Asher, what does the rabbi do?
(a) Sends Jael to live with her aunt in Jerusalem.
(b) Runs Menahem out of town.
(c) Gives Menahem and Jael his blessing.
(d) Makes arrangements for Jael to marry someone else.

11. What is Father Vilspronck's role in the book's final chapter?
(a) Help with the analysis of the basilica uncovered at Makor.
(b) Identify relics from the castle uncovered at Makor.
(c) Remind Cullinane of the Irish lady who loves him.
(d) Help Cullinane win the heart of Dr. Vered Bar-El.

12. In governing the people of Tubariyeh in the 1880s, the ruler of this city is used to doing what?
(a) Listening to all sides before reaching a decision.
(b) Consulting with the Sultan directly.
(c) Asking his wife for advice.
(d) Collecting bribes.

13. When Faraj Tabari is about to give his superior a gold coin in order to remain in his good graces, he discovers that he has lost the coin. What does he give his superior instead?
(a) Money he'd received from the Jews.
(b) Baklava his wife made.
(c) His silver bracelet.
(d) A book his father had given him.

14. Even though Yohanan wants his son Menahem to be a Jew, what do the rabbis tell him?
(a) He can choose to join the faith only after he spends twenty years studying.
(b) He can't be.
(c) He can choose to join the faith when he's twenty-one.
(d) One day he may be.

15. What happens when Abd Umar and his army reach Makor?
(a) Abd Umar signs a treaty with Makor's religious leaders.
(b) Makor's leaders are imprisoned and the people are enslaved.
(c) There is no military resistance, and only two are killed.
(d) A bloody battle ensues and most of the residents die.

Short Answer Questions

1. When John Cullinane discusses the case of the widow Zipporah Zederbaum with Ilan Eliav, Ilan complains that John doesn't know _____.

2. When do the Crusades end?

3. As John Cullinane looks at newspaper clippings with photos of Vered Bar-El, what does he realize?

4. When is Christianity declared the religion of the empire that Makor is a part of?

5. After Cullinane tells Eliav that he plans to marry Vered Bar-El, what does Eliav say?

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