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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What health problems did a woman have who appeared outside the house with Bescos in Chapter 26?
(a) Bad eye and broken teeth.
(b) Large scars on her face.
(c) Broken arm and skin rash.
(d) Missing arm and deformed hand.

2. In Chapter 17 after 12:30 how many documents does Patricia get for Helen?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

3. In Chapter 25, what date does Helen find for Manuel HaLevy's death?
(a) July 9, 1665.
(b) July 24, 1665.
(c) July 4, 1665.
(d) July 6, 1665.

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

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

6. What animal did John and Ester see after disembarking from the boat in Chapter 20?
(a) Deer.
(b) Dog.
(c) Elk.
(d) Rabbit.

7. In Chapter 21, what time did librarian Patricia say that conservationist Patricia would be down?
(a) 4 p.m.
(b) 1 p.m.
(c) 2 p.m.
(d) 3 p.m.

8. Who wrote An Apologie for That Denied the Fyre?
(a) Manuel.
(b) Ester.
(c) Alvaro.
(d) Benjamin.

9. What is the name of the girl who helps Aaron in the records office in Chapter 21?
(a) Priscilla.
(b) Anne.
(c) Lucinda.
(d) Mary.

10. What does Ester want Alvaro to do with her papers after her death?
(a) Hide them.
(b) Read them.
(c) Publish them.
(d) Burn them.

11. When did Godwin say that Thomas Farrow had a brief career as a philosopher?
(a) 1665 to 1667.
(b) 1663 to 1664.
(c) 1666 to 1671.
(d) 1660 to 1665.

12. At the end of Chapter 25, where did Helen imagine herself to be?
(a) Jerusalem or Tel Aviv.
(b) Home.
(c) In 17th century Richmond.
(d) In 17th century London.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On June 28, 1665, why did Mendes write to Rabbi da Fonseca?

2. At the end of Chapter 26, where did Ester and Rivka go?

3. How long after Ester's fever broke in Chapter 24, was she able to stand without support?

4. In Chapter 27, how many sheets are the folio Helen and Aaron find in the Easton house?

5. In Chapter 24, how long after Mary went out into the streets did she come down with the plague?

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