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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 is Christianity declared the religion of the empire that Makor is a part of?

2. Shmuel Hacohen seeks help from the leader of Tubariyeh to do what?

3. At the end of the book, who does Vered Bar-El decide to marry?

4. When Menahem converts to Christianity, what name does he adopt?

5. Why can't Volkmar accept the terms presented by the Mameluke leaders upon their arrival to Makor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Shmuel Hacohen, and what does he want from Tabari?

2. Why does Makor fall so easily into Abd Umar's hands?

3. Why does a priest, Father Vilspronck, come to Tell Makor in the last chapter?

4. Who is the leader of Tiberias, known as Tubariyeh, found along the Sea of Galilee in 1880 C.E.?

5. In the chapter "Rabbi Itzik and the Sabra," the reader meets Vered Bar-El in her youth. Describe who she is and what she does in this chapter.

6. Why does Hacohen purchase Jewish books from Tabari?

7. Describe the trip Volkmar the Eighth takes with his young son.

8. How does Volkmar, the Count of Gretz, end up as governor of Makor?

9. Explain what the rabbis determine in "The Law" about what really bonds the Jewish people.

10. Why does Volkmar the Eighth refuse the terms of the invaders, even if his life would be spared?

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

Compare and contrast the main archaeologists at the Makor dig. What commonalities do they share? How do they represent the diversity of the region?

Essay Topic 3

In each chapter, the author tells stories about different people living in different eras, but he always returns to the present and reveals what is happening at the dig in Makor. How does the present-day archaeological dig serve as a tool that ties the book's diverse stories together?

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