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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In order for a Byzantine basilica to be built in Makor, what must be destroyed to make room for it?
(a) Part of the wall that surrounds Makor.
(b) Thirty Jewish buildings.
(c) Part of the irrigation system.
(d) The library.

3. In 1947, the United Nations proposes dividing Palestine into two independent states and making Jerusalem what?
(a) A part of Jordan.
(b) A part of Egypt.
(c) An independent, international city.
(d) Half Palestinian, half Jewish.

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

5. When Menahem converts to Christianity, what name does he adopt?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Michael.
(c) Mitchell.
(d) Mark.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Twilight of an Empire," who is the ruler of Tiberias, a city that is called Tubariyeh in 1880?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Abd Umar and his background.

2. Explain what the rabbis determine in "The Law" about what really bonds the Jewish people.

3. Why does Hacohen purchase Jewish books from Tabari?

4. Why does the shoemaker Rabbi Zaki feel that he, his wife, and their family must leave their city of Podi, Italy?

5. Summarize the state of Makor when Christianity prevails in the region around 313 C.E.

6. Where are Vered Bar-El and John Cullinane as the chapter "The Tell" opens?

7. Who is Shmuel Hacohen, and what does he want from Tabari?

8. While Europe is destroying itself during the Inquisition, what is happening in Safed?

9. In Safed, why does Rabbi Itzik of Vodzh decline to join the Jews who are singing in preparation for battle prior to the city being turned over to Arab rule?

10. In "The Law," why does Menahem become Christian?

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