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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. What did Ester think that Bescos wanted in Chapter 24?
(a) The da Costa Mendes house.
(b) Mary's wealth.
(c) His love.
(d) The deaths of Mary, Ester, and Rivka.

2. In Chapter 24, how long after Mary went out into the streets did she come down with the plague?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 1 day.

3. In Chapter 18 when did Ester write her second letter to Spinoza?
(a) May 12, 1665.
(b) April 29, 1665.
(c) May 1, 1665.
(d) May 17, 1665.

4. Where does Aaron go after leaving the record room in Chapter 21?
(a) The university.
(b) Easton house.
(c) Prospero's.
(d) His apartment.

5. When did Ester die?
(a) June 1691.
(b) May 1691.
(c) August 1691.
(d) July 1691.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ester and Rivka left London by boat in Chapter 26, how long had it been since the day Ester went to the river with John, Mary, Thomas, and Bescos?

2. What was the name of the ship that Alvaro served on?

3. In Chapter 25, what date does Helen find for Manuel HaLevy's death?

4. In Chapter 23, how long does it take to get an email response from the Jewish Archives of Amsterdam?

5. What was the nationality of the Jew who performed Ester's wedding ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what does Marisa tell Aaron?

2. What did Thomas do as their boat ride was ending in Chapter 20?

3. What questions does Helen say could not be asked in the seventeenth century?

4. In Chapter 17, why is Document RQ206 not available?

5. What story did Bescos tell of the Jews of York?

6. Where did Ester and Rivka go after fleeing London in Chapter 26, and what reception did they receive there?

7. In Chapter 26 how did Ester and Rivka escape from the da Costa Mendes house?

8. How did Mary catch the plague and die?

9. Where does Helen go in Chapter 25 to search records, and what does she find?

10. What did Manuel request and do in Chapter 20 in a letter he wrote to Ester?

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