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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago in Chapter 15, had Helen learned of Dror's death?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 11 years.

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

3. From where is the letter written in Chapter 2?
(a) London.
(b) Bath.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Leeds.

4. What was the date in Chapter 12?
(a) December 1663.
(b) November 1663.
(c) January 1664.
(d) February 1664.

5. In Chapter 3, how long does it take Helen to drive from her office to the Easton's home?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 40 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the last time Mendes saw Spinoza?

3. When is Helen allowed to read the Easton manuscripts in the rare manuscripts room?

4. In Chapter 10, how old was Ester?

5. Who painted Helen's Masada painting?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what did Mendes say about Spinoza?

2. How did Isaac die?

3. How does Helen learn about the papers from the seventeenth century?

4. In Chapter 13, why does Aaron think it would have been better for the London Jewish community to have invited Mendes to be their rabbi?

5. In Chapter 11, how does Aaron act in the rare manuscripts room?

6. What advice did Mendes offer in Chapter 4?

7. In Chapter 11, how did Helen come to buy the Masada painting?

8. In Chapter 15, how did Helen learn of Dror's death?

9. In Chapter 9, why does Helen simply walk away from the assessor from Sotheby's?

10. What did Dror tell Helen and the other volunteers in Chapter 11 about their time on the base?

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