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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. Rabbi Asher has the stonecutter Yohanan finish the interior of what in Makor?
(a) Warehouse.
(b) School.
(c) Temple.
(d) Library.

2. 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) A book his father had given him.
(c) His silver bracelet.
(d) Baklava his wife made.

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

4. At the end of World War II, Isidore Gottesman marries Ilana and settles where?
(a) Antwerp.
(b) Kfar Kerem.
(c) Tiberias.
(d) Haifa.

5. Even though the fifteenth century is the Renaissance era, the Jews continue to be what?
(a) Given special privileges.
(b) Revered.
(c) Censored.
(d) Oppressed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the earliest date that Makor hears about Jesus Christ and his crucifixion?

3. When Shmuel Hacohen is nearly stoned to death, who saves his life?

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

5. As Volkmar, the eighth Count of Gretz, thinks about what went right and what went wrong during the Crusades, he concludes that _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1948, what does Isidore Gottesmann plan to do after the British leave Palestine?

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

3. How does Volkmar, the Count of Gretz, end up as governor of Makor?

4. What happens in Podi, Italy after Rabbi Zaki and his family leave by ship in 1541?

5. Why does Volkmar the Eighth refuse the terms of the invaders, even if his life would be spared?

6. Why does Makor fall so easily into Abd Umar's hands?

7. What does Tabari say about the constitution reformers when he meets with his superior?

8. How does the author show both the desire for peace and the volatility of Makor and its surroundings in the chapter "The Fires of Ma Coeur"?

9. Who is the leader of Tiberias, known as Tubariyeh, found along the Sea of Galilee in 1880 C.E.?

10. Both Ilan Eliav and John Cullinane want to marry Dr. Vered Bar-El. Is either man successful in his personal quest?

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