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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When is Christianity declared the religion of the empire that Makor is a part of?
(a) 89 C.E.
(b) 227 C.E.
(c) 313 C.E.
(d) 142 C.E.

3. In Podi, Italy, what does Rabbi Zaki tell his wife?
(a) They have been given fifty acres of land.
(b) They must send her brother home.
(c) They are not allowed to have any more children.
(d) They will have to leave.

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

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

6. When the Crusades end, who inhabits the castle of Ma Coeur?
(a) Third Prince of Asturia.
(b) Eighth Count of Gretz.
(c) Duke Rochart of Edinmont.
(d) Lord Gunter of Dudley.

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

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

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

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

11. After Cullinane tells Eliav that he plans to marry Vered Bar-El, what does Eliav say?
(a) Vered will never marry a non-Jew.
(b) Americans are so rude.
(c) A date for the wedding of Bar-El and Eliav has already been set.
(d) Vered finds Cullinane repulsive.

12. 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 misplaced the infamous "Candlestick of Death."
(c) He's assigning everyone to a new dig.
(d) He's run out of money for the dig.

13. After winning Safed over to the Jewish state, Gottesmann and other Jews go on to fight at Akka and:
(a) Nazareth.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Tiberias.
(d) Bethlehem.

14. Abd Umar believes that in not accepting Muhammad, Christians and Jews are what?
(a) Stubborn and arrogant.
(b) Filled with thoughts of superiority.
(c) Brainwashed by priests and rabbis.
(d) Merely misguided.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After looking at newspaper clippings of Vered Bar-El, Cullinane decides that he will do what?

2. 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?

3. When do the Crusades end?

4. As the last chapter of the book opens in November 1964, John Cullinane is at the dig in Makor while Vered Bar-El is in _____.

5. Why can't Volkmar accept the terms presented by the Mameluke leaders upon their arrival to Makor?

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