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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Volkmar accept the terms presented by the Mameluke leaders upon their arrival to Makor?
(a) It would endanger his wife and son.
(b) It would mean slavery for his people.
(c) He would lose his status.
(d) He would lose his life.

2. In the region of Palestine in the 1940s, which ruling group is preparing to leave the area?
(a) Greek.
(b) Dutch.
(c) British.
(d) Turkish.

3. 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.

4. When John Cullinane discusses the case of the widow Zipporah Zederbaum with Ilan Eliav, Ilan complains that John doesn't know _____.
(a) Hiring protocols.
(b) Manners.
(c) Women.
(d) Judaism.

5. After Rabbi Zaki's wife Rachel dies in Safed, who does he end up marrying?
(a) Mariana, daughter of Dr. Abulafia.
(b) Analisa, sister of Dr. Abulafia.
(c) Johana, sister of Rabbi Eliezer.
(d) Elisheba, daughter of Rabbi Eliezer.

6. As John Cullinane looks at newspaper clippings with photos of Vered Bar-El, what does he realize?
(a) He misses being in the United States.
(b) He's still in love with her.
(c) She may get a permanent job in the United States.
(d) She looks like his first wife.

7. 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) Jacob Itzik.
(c) Netanel Hacohen.
(d) Vered Bar-El.

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

9. Who opposes the plans Isidore Gottesman and other Jews are making for Safed?
(a) Vered Bar-El.
(b) Rabbi Itzik.
(c) Netanel Hacohen.
(d) Ilan Eliav.

10. 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 Gentiles and the Cossacks.
(b) The Astorians and those who follow Greece.
(c) The Alexandrians and the Turks.
(d) The Nestorians and those who follow Rome.

11. When does intense fighting between Arabs and Jews begin in Safed?
(a) February 3, 1947.
(b) August 19, 1948.
(c) May 6, 1948.
(d) December 12, 1947.

12. When do the Crusades end?
(a) 1289 C.E.
(b) 1403 C.E.
(c) 1341 C.E.
(d) 1105 C.E.

13. When Shmuel Hacohen is nearly stoned to death, who saves his life?
(a) Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari.
(b) Ilan Vered.
(c) Kerith El Hopoe.
(d) Mameluke Volkmar.

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

15. Shmuel Hacohen seeks help from the leader of Tubariyeh to do what?
(a) Acquire land where incoming Jews can settle.
(b) Collect enough money to sail to Italy.
(c) Ask the Sultan to send a delegation to Spain.
(d) Bring the rest of his family to Tubariyeh.

Short Answer Questions

1. After sailing for Salonica in 1541 before the Inquisition reaches Italy, where do Rabbi Zaki and his family ultimately settle?

2. What happens when Abd Umar and his army reach Makor?

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

4. What gift is the young son of Volkmar, the eighth Count of Gretz, given at Saphet?

5. When Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari travels to Akka by caravan, who does he encounter?

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