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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rahab, the one who predicts trouble between the Hebrews and the Canaanites?

2. During their active resistance against the Romans, Yigal and his group lie down in the path of Romans in order to stop _____.

3. Who is Urbaal descended from?

4. Gomer's son is forced to serve in the army of the _____.

5. Why does Urbaal buy a statue of the goddess Astarte?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Menalaus have surgery to reverse his circumcision?

2. Who is Paul Zodman, and how is he helping with the excavation at Makor?

3. Explain why the rulers of Makor during the Seleucid Empire allow the Jews of the town to worship as they wish.

4. Why do Ur and his son work on building a dike?

5. Explain who John Cullinane is and what he is doing in Israel.

6. How are Timon and Shelomith saved?

7. How do Yigal and his wife die?

8. Who are Jemail Tabari, Vered Bar-El, and Ilan Eliav, and how are they associated with John Cullinane?

9. Describe Hoopoe's engineering projects.

10. Why do conflicts arise between Zadok's people and Uriel's people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Summarize what happens to Palestine in 1948 after the United Nations tries to divide the region into two independent states, one Jewish and one Palestinian Arab. What conflicts arise? How do these conflicts continue in one form or another today?

Essay Topic 2

Select two characters in The Source whom you consider heroes. Why do they fit this description? What heroic acts did they perform? How did others benefit from their actions? How did they muster the courage to do what they did?

Essay Topic 3

Write about the city of Safed during its boom time in the 1500s. How did it go from a sleepy town of a thousand residents to a bustling trade center with more than sixty thousand inhabitants? What caused this city to grow so much in less than ninety years?

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