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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. By what age had Aaron read enough to realize that his father's safe sermons did not resemble the courage required in the world?
2. How many days will Helen and Aaron have to examine the documents in the Easton's home?
3. In Chapter 4, where does Rabbi Mendes say that he has heard that Rabbi ben Israel has traveled?
4. How many postgraduates accompany Wilton to the rare manuscripts room in Chapter 15?
5. How long had it been since Isaac had been at the rabbi's house in Chapter 8?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What did Dror tell Helen and the other volunteers in Chapter 11 about their time on the base?
3. What did the letter propose that Ester burned in Chapter 12?
4. What is the one text that Aaron is able to find that Mendes published, and what is the subject?
5. What does Aaron look like when Helen sees him in the rare manuscripts room in Chapter 15?
6. What did Mendes and ben Israel's father suffer together?
7. In Chapter 14, what did Mendes say about Spinoza?
8. At the end of Chapter 13, why does Helen say that she left Dror?
9. How did Isaac die?
10. Why did Catherine and Mary da Costa Mendes come to speak with Ester in Chapter 10?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A plague strikes London in 1665. How does the plague affect characters and London? Why is it so devastating?
Essay Topic 2
Aaron is a selfish young man who is not careful in his relationships with women. How would you describe Aaron and who he is at the beginning of the novel? What changes Aaron? How does he change?
Essay Topic 3
Point of view determines how readers view characters and events. What is the point of view of the novel and how does it affect what readers know about characters and events?
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