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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times was it rumored that Diego da Costa Mendes had gone courting since his wife's death in Chapter 16?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. In Chapter 12, how many candles did Ester use when reading Augustine and Descartes in the night?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. In Chapter 14, what does Ester do with the pamphlet from the Mahamad?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Reads it to Mendes.
(c) Flattens it in a book.
(d) Puts it with the refuse.

4. In Chapter 5, who were the HaLevy family?
(a) Polish Jews.
(b) Portuguese Jews.
(c) Dutch Jews.
(d) Spanish Jews.

5. How long had Rabbi Mendes known Menasseh ben Israel?
(a) Since he was a young man.
(b) Since he was a youth.
(c) Since he was a babe.
(d) Since he was a child.

6. How long had it been since Isaac had been at the rabbi's house in Chapter 8?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 3 days.

7. In Chapter 2, from where did Rabbi Mendes come from?
(a) Luxembourg.
(b) Holland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Switzerland.

8. In Chapter 20, what did Ester go to get?
(a) Linens.
(b) Books.
(c) Food.
(d) Clothes.

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

10. In Chapter 14, what month was it?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) February.

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

12. In Chapter 16, where did Ester and Mary go?
(a) Dressmaker.
(b) Art gallery.
(c) Park.
(d) Theater.

13. In Chapter 16, where did Benjamin HaLevy send Alvaro?
(a) Florence.
(b) King's navy.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Oxford.

14. In the seventeenth century, how far would Richmond have been from London?
(a) 6 hours travel.
(b) 3 hours travel.
(c) At least a half day's travel.
(d) About 5 hours travel.

15. Where does Chapter 6 take place?
(a) English Channel.
(b) France.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Richmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the HaLevy family own the Easton house according to Helen in Chapter 5?

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

3. How much time has Aaron spent in the library researching Shakespeare and the Marrano Jews in Chapter 3?

4. Where did the Mahamad forbid its congregation to go in Chapter 14?

5. Who visited Mendes while Ester was out in Chapter 14?

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