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

2. In 1500, Safed is a sleepy town of a thousand inhabitants. Within ninety years, it becomes a bustling city of approximately how many inhabitants?

3. What is Father Vilspronck's role in the book's final chapter?

4. What major campaign starts in 1095 C.E.?

5. After Christianity is declared the religion of the empire, what does Rome want to build in Makor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hacohen purchase Jewish books from Tabari?

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

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

4. 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"?

5. Describe Abd Umar and his background.

6. What happens when the Jews defend Safed in 1948?

7. In Germany in 1096, who is Gunter and why does he join the Crusades?

8. Where are Vered Bar-El and John Cullinane as the chapter "The Tell" opens?

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

10. While Europe is destroying itself during the Inquisition, what is happening in Safed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

At the end of the book, are the archaeologists successful at the dig at Makor? Do they find what they are looking for? Do they make any new and unexpected discoveries?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the unusual friendship between Faraj ibn Ahmed Tabari, governor of Tubariyeh, and the Russian Jew immigrant Shmuel Hacohen. What bonds them together? What do they dislike about each other? Despite their personal dislikes, why do they help each other? How do they support one another?

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