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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. How old is Yigal in the year 67 C.E.?

2. Around 37 C.E., why does Yigal, a young Jewish laborer, oppose the Romans?

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

4. In addition to growing wheat, the earliest inhabitants of Makor learn to do what?

5. How long does it take Gomer and her son to travel from Makor to Jerusalem?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain who Gomer and Rimmon are.

2. How is being the mouthpiece of Yahweh both a blessing and a curse for Gomer?

3. Why do the priests of Makor have Urbaal killed?

4. How do Yigal and his wife die?

5. What type of relationship do the Roman architect Timon and his Jewish wife Shelomith have?

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

7. Explain why Kerith is miserable in Makor.

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

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

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

Analyze the following from the period around 1419 B.C.E.:

1. The desire to coexist in Makor between Zadok and his fellow Hebrews and Uriel and his Canaanite townspeople.

2. The conflicts that arise between the Hebrews and the Canaanites.

3. The epic battle that ensues between these two groups and its outcome.

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

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?

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