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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who painted Helen's Masada painting?
(a) Dror.
(b) Volunteer.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Arab woman.

2. Who is the Jewish philosopher referenced in one of the papers that Helen finds in Chapter 9?
(a) Hume.
(b) Kant.
(c) Leibniz.
(d) Spinoza.

3. Who does Aaron email in Chapter 3?
(a) Helen.
(b) His mother.
(c) Darcy.
(d) Marisa.

4. How much time has Aaron spent in the library researching Shakespeare and the Marrano Jews in Chapter 3?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 17 months.
(d) 14 months.

5. In Chapter 4, where does Rabbi Mendes say that he has heard that Rabbi ben Israel has traveled?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Middleburg.
(c) Domburg.
(d) Rotterdam.

6. Where does Aaron get lunch in Chapter 9?
(a) Shop across the way.
(b) He has lunch delivered.
(c) Bridgette fixes lunch.
(d) He brings lunch.

7. In Chapter 15, what is the name of Helen's doctor?
(a) Dr. Bagwell.
(b) Dr. Hammond.
(c) Dr. Paulsen.
(d) Dr. Ross.

8. Whose offer of marriage did Ester refuse in Chapter 13?
(a) Alvaro HaLevy.
(b) Manuel HaLevy.
(c) Richard Allende.
(d) Benjamin Easton.

9. What was Ester's father's name?
(a) David.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Abraham.

10. In Chapter 7, what color scarf is Bridgette wearing?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Yellow.

11. How many hours did Helen and the other volunteers have to tour Masada and other sites?
(a) 12.
(b) 36.
(c) 48.
(d) 18.

12. In Chapter 3, when does Helen say that Easton house was built?
(a) 1672.
(b) 1661.
(c) 1658.
(d) 1669.

13. In Chapter 15, how long has Helen lived in her flat?
(a) 33 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 18 years.

14. When was the last time Mendes saw Spinoza?
(a) A year before the ban.
(b) Just before his ban.
(c) Just after his ban.
(d) 2 years after the ban.

15. In Chapter 7, what was the name of the person who wrote to Mendes and complained about his using a girl for a scribe?
(a) Dotar Velasquez.
(b) David Rodrigues.
(c) Benjamin HaLevy.
(d) Yacob de Souza.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the seventeenth century, how far would Richmond have been from London?

2. How many days will Helen and Aaron have to examine the documents in the Easton's home?

3. What does Marisa tell Aaron in Chapter 13?

4. How long had it been since Isaac had been at the rabbi's house in Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 12, how long can the rabbi study before he tires?

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