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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 refuse to go and stay to fight.
(c) They laugh and ask the rabbi for some food.
(d) They kick the rabbi and his congregation out of town.

2. As Volkmar, the eighth Count of Gretz, thinks about what went right and what went wrong during the Crusades, he concludes that _____.
(a) Children should not have been killed.
(b) The Crusaders should have killed fewer people.
(c) The Turks should have been eliminated.
(d) The French should have been eliminated.

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

4. 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 misplaced the infamous "Candlestick of Death."
(d) He's assigning everyone to a new dig.

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

6. Why does Muzaffar urge Volkmar to send his son back to Germany?
(a) He feels his son is a bad influence on Makor.
(b) He believes the Mamelukes will invade.
(c) He believes the boy should attend German schools.
(d) He wants more power for himself.

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

8. 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) The food here is the best anywhere.
(d) His dead wife is buried on the hilltop, and he wants to be near her.

9. On his way to Makor, Abd Umar sees Safat burning and knows that it is the work of whom?
(a) Abd Mehdi.
(b) Abu Zeid.
(c) Abu Malek.
(d) Abd Zair.

10. When Islam arrives at Makor, the population there consists primarily of Christians, Jews, and _____.
(a) Shintos.
(b) Hindus.
(c) Pagans.
(d) Sikhs.

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

12. 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) Evict the Dutch.
(d) Defend the city for the Jewish state.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eliav reveals that Oxford has offered him a prestigious teaching position, he says that _____.

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

3. In 1947, the United Nations proposes dividing Palestine into two independent states and making Jerusalem what?

4. In order for a Byzantine basilica to be built in Makor, what must be destroyed to make room for it?

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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