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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. James Michener's historical novel, The Source, focuses on what geographical regions?

2. Returning to the earliest days of Makor, the author writes that someone saves Ur's daughter from a dog about to attack. Who saves her?

3. During the time of the Seleucid Empire around 167 B.C.E., who is the leader of the Jewish community of Makor?

4. When Antiochus Epiphanes is declared a divine emperor, what is moved into the temple?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Makor is like around 2200 B.C.E.

2. Summarize what Dr. Cullinane writes about the early society of Makor in his progress report of the first year of the dig.

3. Who is Meshab, and how does he help Hoopoe with his water system project?

4. What kind of relationship does Zadok have with El-Shaddai?

5. Who is Yigal, and how does he become a leader of his people?

6. Why does the leader of the Canaanites accept Zadok and his people?

7. Who are Urbaal and Timna?

8. How are Timon and Shelomith saved?

9. What are archaeologists hoping to find at Makor?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the invasion of Makor by the Arabic raider Abd Umar and the Christian crusader Gunter. Who shows greater mercy and compassion? How does Makor change after each of these invasions?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the unusual friendship between Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari, governor of Tubariyeh, and the Russian Jew immigrant Shmuel Hacohen. What bonds them together? What do they dislike about each other? Despite their personal dislikes, why do they help each other? How do they support one another?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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