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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. Safed is a booming manufacturing city and major trading center by the time Rabbis Zaki and Eliezer and Dr. Abulafia arrive. These men help turn Safed into what else?
(a) Mining center.
(b) Spiritual center.
(c) Wine-making center.
(d) Peach-growing center.

2. In governing the people of Tubariyeh in the 1880s, the ruler of this city is used to doing what?
(a) Asking his wife for advice.
(b) Listening to all sides before reaching a decision.
(c) Consulting with the Sultan directly.
(d) Collecting bribes.

3. As John Cullinane looks at newspaper clippings with photos of Vered Bar-El, what does he realize?
(a) He's still in love with her.
(b) She may get a permanent job in the United States.
(c) He misses being in the United States.
(d) She looks like his first wife.

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

5. What major campaign starts in 1095 C.E.?
(a) Crusades.
(b) Tribal Consolidation.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Spanish Inquisition.

Short Answer Questions

1. In exchange for water in the Jewish settlements, the leader of Tubariyeh is trying to get baksheesh, which is what?

2. Why does Rabbi Eliezer, a German Jew in Gretz, decide to leave Germany with his wife Leah and their family?

3. Rabbi Asher has the stonecutter Yohanan finish the interior of what in Makor?

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 _____.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Law," who is Menahem, and why is he not accepted into the Jewish faith?

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

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

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

5. In Germany in 1096, who is Gunter and why does he join the Crusades?

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

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

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

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

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