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

2. The Mamelukes take over the Muslim Empire from Damascus. Volkmar requests permission from the Mamelukes to do what?
(a) Travel with his son through the empire.
(b) Build a library in their capital city.
(c) Negotiate a treaty with their leader.
(d) Establish a trading post near Damascus.

3. In the region of Palestine in the 1940s, which ruling group is preparing to leave the area?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Turkish.
(c) Greek.
(d) British.

4. Why does Rabbi Eliezer, a German Jew in Gretz, decide to leave Germany with his wife Leah and their family?
(a) He wants to enjoy the better weather of Spain.
(b) He is publicly humiliated and his synagogue is torn down.
(c) He is offered a better position in Tunis.
(d) A cousin in Makor urges him to move there.

5. Why does Dr. Abulafia leave Spain?
(a) He takes a trip to visit relatives in Germany.
(b) He gets a better job at Podi, Italy.
(c) He has Jewish ancestors and fears the Inquisition.
(d) He is appalled at what Spain is doing and takes his family to Makor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

4. When Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari meets with his superior to talk about the constitution, what does he say about reformers?

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

9. What happens when the Jews defend Safed in 1948?

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

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