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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. Abd Umar does not advocate violence and strives to capture Makor:
(a) As peacefully as possible.
(b) By imprisoning its political leaders.
(c) By tricking its religious leaders.
(d) With a thousand spies and infiltrators.

2. Why does the widow Zipporah seek Cullinane's help?
(a) She's attracted to Cullinane and simply wants more time with him.
(b) She wants to become an archaeologist but doesn't know where to start.
(c) She wants a job at the dig but nobody will hire her.
(d) She wants to marry someone but can't get permission to do so.

3. When Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari meets with his superior to talk about the constitution, what does he say about reformers?
(a) He does not know what they want.
(b) He wants to send them to Makor.
(c) He supports them completely.
(d) He does not support them.

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 _____.
(a) Chicago.
(b) San Antonio.
(c) Boston.
(d) San Francisco.

5. After looking at newspaper clippings of Vered Bar-El, Cullinane decides that he will do what?
(a) Confront Ilan Eliav and state his love for Vered.
(b) Catch the next plane back to America.
(c) Get back to work and forget about her.
(d) Propose as soon as she gets off the plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Islam arrive at Makor?

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

3. The rabbis of Makor believe that even if the Jewish people have no nation, they will always be bound by what?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the chapter "The Tell," what does Cullinane realize about Bar-El as he looks at pictures of her from newspaper clippings?

3. Who is Muzaffar, and how is he associated with Count Volkmar the Eighth?

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

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

6. Why does Dr. Abulafia flee Spain during the Inquisition?

7. Why does a priest, Father Vilspronck, come to Tell Makor in the last chapter?

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

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

10. Describe the trip Volkmar the Eighth takes with his young son.

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