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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. The voice of the Hebrew god El-Shaddai tells the old man Zadok to _____.

2. Baal, one of the gods of the Canaanites, evolved from whom?

3. At the start of Dr. Cullinane's archaeological dig, how much funding has he already procured?

4. In the chapter "Psalm of the Hoopoe Bird," the time line has moved forward to approximately what year?

5. What does El-Shaddai tell Zadok about other gods?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Timon and Shelomith saved?

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

3. What are archaeologists hoping to find at Makor?

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

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

6. How do Yigal and his people prevent the Romans from delivering the offending statues?

7. Through the sites John Cullinane sees as he arrives in Israel by ship, describe some of the multicultural and multi-faith aspects of the area.

8. Explain why Kerith is miserable in Makor.

9. As a Hebrew living among Canaanites, what conflicts does Gomer experience?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the existence of different gods, including Baal and Yahweh, leads to problems and ultimately wars among peoples in Makor through various eras. Personalize this conflict through the stories of the engineer Hoopoe and the prophet Gomer. How are people they know and love hurt by the conflicts that arise between different religions based on different gods?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout its history, Makor experiences moments of glory and times of near-destruction. Select one glorious era and one dark era from the history of this town. Compare and contrast these two eras. How does Makor advance during the boom time? What keeps it from the brink of destruction during its darker days?

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