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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 28, who made arrangements to print Mendes's Seven Areguments Against a False Messiah.
(a) Alvaro HaLevy.
(b) Ester.
(c) Benjamin HaLevy.
(d) Amsterdam Jews.

2. In Chapter 26 when did Bescos appear?
(a) August.
(b) Two weeks before the guard would leave his post.
(c) July.
(d) A week before the guard would leave his post.

3. Where did Thomas, Mary, John, and Ester go after boating in Chapter 20?
(a) Mary's.
(b) Church.
(c) Inn.
(d) Tavern.

4. When did Ester write Spinoza at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) April 19, 1665.
(b) April 29, 1665.
(c) April 10, 1665.
(d) April 9, 1665.

5. In Chapter 21, when did Ester marry Manuel HaLevy?
(a) July 20, 1665.
(b) September 4,1666.
(c) March 1, 1667.
(d) November 3, 1666.

6. In Chapter 20, what color dress did Mary wear for an outing?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) Yellow.

7. How old was Thomas Farrow when he died?
(a) 38.
(b) 32.
(c) 41.
(d) 47.

8. In Chapter 27, how many sheets are the folio Helen and Aaron find in the Easton house?
(a) About 50.
(b) 40 or more.
(c) 35.
(d) 45.

9. What was the nationality of the Jew who performed Ester's wedding ceremony?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) Portuguese.

10. What is the date of the document Aaron tears in Chapter 17?
(a) April 30, 1665.
(b) April 3, 1665.
(c) April 20, 1665.
(d) April 17, 1665.

11. What is the last date of the documents according to conservationist Patricia in Chapter 21?
(a) July 19, 1665.
(b) July 8, 1665.
(c) July 1, 1665.
(d) July 30, 1665.

12. Who was Manuel going to go to the country with in Chapter 20?
(a) No one.
(b) His parents.
(c) Alvaro.
(d) His mother.

13. In Chapter 23, how long does Patricia say that the letter with the wax seal will take to be ready to be read?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) A week.
(d) 2 weeks.

14. In Chapter 26, what did the vicar smell of?
(a) Fried foods.
(b) Death.
(c) Incense and damp stone.
(d) Something rotten.

15. In Chapter 19, how many documents does Patricia say remain for Helen and Aaron to read?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 28.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease does Helen have?

2. What time does Helen want Aaron to meet her in Chapter 27?

3. In Chapter 22, what did Rivka get a delivery boy to help with?

4. How much of London died during the plauge in 1665?

5. In Chapter 18, what work of Spinoza's did Ester refer in her first letter to him?

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