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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. What gift is the young son of Volkmar, the eighth Count of Gretz, given at Saphet?
(a) Indian tiger.
(b) Turkish horse.
(c) Egyptian camel.
(d) Persian peacock.

2. When the Crusades end, who inhabits the castle of Ma Coeur?
(a) Duke Rochart of Edinmont.
(b) Lord Gunter of Dudley.
(c) Eighth Count of Gretz.
(d) Third Prince of Asturia.

3. When Tabari offers Shmuel Hacohen Jewish books, what does Hacohen do?
(a) Demands that the books be returned to their rightful owner.
(b) Declines the books.
(c) Asks Tabari to donate the books to a nearby synagogue.
(d) Buys the books.

4. Abd Umar does not advocate violence and strives to capture Makor:
(a) By tricking its religious leaders.
(b) As peacefully as possible.
(c) By imprisoning its political leaders.
(d) With a thousand spies and infiltrators.

5. In order for a Byzantine basilica to be built in Makor, what must be destroyed to make room for it?
(a) Thirty Jewish buildings.
(b) Part of the irrigation system.
(c) Part of the wall that surrounds Makor.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When John Cullinane discusses the case of the widow Zipporah Zederbaum with Ilan Eliav, Ilan complains that John doesn't know _____.

3. At the end of the book, Tabari explains that he has never left the area because _____.

4. When Volkmar meets with a Mameluke captain, what concern does the captain raise?

5. Abd Umar believes that in not accepting Muhammad, Christians and Jews are what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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"?

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Abd Umar and his background.

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 a priest, Father Vilspronck, come to Tell Makor in the last chapter?

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