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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. On his way to Makor, Abd Umar sees Safat burning and knows that it is the work of whom?

2. By the time Islam arrives at Makor, what major landmark has been there for three hundred years?

3. When does Islam arrive in Makor?

4. As Volkmar prepares for a siege, he figures that there is enough food at Ma Coeur to feed all the farmers for at least how long?

5. When Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari meets with his superior to talk about the constitution, what does he say about reformers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author show both the desire for peace and the volatility of Makor and its surroundings in the chapter "The Fires of Ma Coeur"?

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

3. In the chapter "The Tell," what does Cullinane realize about Bar-El as he looks at pictures of her from newspaper clippings?

4. In "The Law," who is Menahem, and why is he not accepted into the Jewish faith?

5. Why does the shoemaker Rabbi Zaki feel that he, his wife, and their family must leave their city of Podi, Italy?

6. Why does Dr. Abulafia flee Spain during the Inquisition?

7. Both Ilan Eliav and John Cullinane want to marry Dr. Vered Bar-El. Is either man successful in his personal quest?

8. In Safed, why does Rabbi Itzik of Vodzh decline to join the Jews who are singing in preparation for battle prior to the city being turned over to Arab rule?

9. In 1948, what does Isidore Gottesmann plan to do after the British leave Palestine?

10. Summarize the state of Makor when Christianity prevails in the region around 313 C.E.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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