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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. Why can't Volkmar accept the terms presented by the Mameluke leaders upon their arrival to Makor?
(a) It would endanger his wife and son.
(b) It would mean slavery for his people.
(c) He would lose his status.
(d) He would lose his life.

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

3. What happens when Abd Umar and his army reach Makor?
(a) Abd Umar signs a treaty with Makor's religious leaders.
(b) There is no military resistance, and only two are killed.
(c) A bloody battle ensues and most of the residents die.
(d) Makor's leaders are imprisoned and the people are enslaved.

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

5. When Volkmar meets with a Mameluke captain, what concern does the captain raise?
(a) That there is talk of a new Crusade.
(b) That Volkmar's son will forget his German roots.
(c) That new, higher taxes will be imposed.
(d) That Volkmar is traveling unescorted.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. Abd Umar believes that the Jews discovered God, that God sent Jesus Christ as a prophet, and that God sent Muhammad as the next prophet, making Islam what?

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

5. The Mamelukes take over the Muslim Empire from Damascus. Volkmar requests permission from the Mamelukes to do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

10. In the chapter "Rabbi Itzik and the Sabra," the reader meets Vered Bar-El in her youth. Describe who she is and what she does in this chapter.

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