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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. Accompanied by the trader Muzaffar, what does Volkmar do on the trip he starts in April?
(a) Buys wares to sell at the new trading post.
(b) Points out sights to his son and explains their history.
(c) Stops at seven locations to negotiate with governors.
(d) Collects numerous books from nomadic sages.

2. What does Dr. Abulafia do in Tunis?
(a) Kills an Inquisitor.
(b) Fakes his own murder.
(c) Divorces his wife.
(d) Becomes a priest.

3. 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) San Francisco.
(b) Boston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) San Antonio.

4. What kind of place is Tubariyeh?
(a) Moderate and at sea level.
(b) Very cold at an elevation of ten thousand feet above sea level.
(c) Moderate even though it's eight thousand feet above sea level.
(d) Very hot and located at nearly seven hundred feet below sea level.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While the Gottesmanns and other Jews sing sustaining songs at Safed, what does Rabbi Itzik do?

2. When Tabari offers Shmuel Hacohen Jewish books, what does Hacohen do?

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

4. Why does Volkmar stop to talk with a group of Jews in Acre?

5. When does Islam arrive in Makor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Makor fall so easily into Abd Umar's hands?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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