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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 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 to marry someone but can't get permission to do so.
(d) She wants a job at the dig but nobody will hire her.

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

3. As Volkmar prepares for a siege, he figures that there is enough food at Ma Coeur to feed all the farmers for at least how long?
(a) Five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Eight weeks.
(d) Three months.

4. When Menahem wants to marry Jael, daughter of Rabbi Asher, what does the rabbi do?
(a) Makes arrangements for Jael to marry someone else.
(b) Runs Menahem out of town.
(c) Sends Jael to live with her aunt in Jerusalem.
(d) Gives Menahem and Jael his blessing.

5. Even though Yohanan wants his son Menahem to be a Jew, what do the rabbis tell him?
(a) He can choose to join the faith when he's twenty-one.
(b) He can't be.
(c) He can choose to join the faith only after he spends twenty years studying.
(d) One day he may be.

Short Answer Questions

1. On his way to Makor, Abd Umar sees Safat burning and knows that it is the work of whom?

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

3. In governing the people of Tubariyeh in the 1880s, the ruler of this city is used to doing what?

4. Accompanied by the trader Muzaffar, what does Volkmar do on the trip he starts in April?

5. Abd Umar does not advocate violence and strives to capture Makor:

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Abd Umar and his background.

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

3. Where are Vered Bar-El and John Cullinane as the chapter "The Tell" opens?

4. Why does Hacohen purchase Jewish books from Tabari?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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