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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. When Makor becomes part of the Seleucid Empire, how are the Jews living there encouraged?
2. Why is Simeon against Yigal's plans to oppose the Romans?
3. After meeting with his colleagues as the book opens, Dr. Cullinane drives with them to where?
4. As Cullinane starts working with his colleagues on the dig at Makor, he notes that everyone gets along so well and there is no animosity between who?
5. At the start of Dr. Cullinane's archaeological dig, how much funding has he already procured?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain who Gomer and Rimmon are.
2. Why do conflicts arise between Zadok's people and Uriel's people?
3. Who are Jemail Tabari, Vered Bar-El, and Ilan Eliav, and how are they associated with John Cullinane?
4. How do Yigal and his wife die?
5. Who is Meshab, and how does he help Hoopoe with his water system project?
6. Why do the priests of Makor have Urbaal killed?
7. Explain why Kerith is miserable in Makor.
8. Who is Yigal, and how does he become a leader of his people?
9. As a Hebrew living among Canaanites, what conflicts does Gomer experience?
10. How are Timon and Shelomith saved?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In many of the situations Michener creates, he employs irony. Find two instances where irony appears in The Source. In each case, explain what makes the situation ironic. State how irony adds greater depth to the situation.
Essay Topic 2
Despite the many conflicts and wars that take place time and again in The Source, the author includes several close relationships based on love, mutual respect, and deep trust. Write about two of these relationships. How do these relationships serve as beacons of light during the turbulent history of Makor?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the progress Makor experiences and the advances reached from the time of Ur to the time of his descendant, Urbaal. How much time elapses between these two eras? In what ways does the region improve? In what ways is the original society of Ur better off than the more recent one of Urbaal?
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