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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. When was the last time Mendes saw Spinoza?

2. In Chapter 16, where did Ester and Mary go?

3. In the seventeenth century, how far would Richmond have been from London?

4. What is the date in Chapter 15?

5. What is the date of the letter in Chapter 13 that is a cross-written document?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, why does Darcy recommend Aaron Levy to help Helen?

2. Why did Rabbi Mendes write Rabbi ben Israel in Chapter 2?

3. At the end of Chapter 13, why does Helen say that she left Dror?

4. What is the one text that Aaron is able to find that Mendes published, and what is the subject?

5. How did Isaac die?

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

7. In Chapter 8, what did Issac tell Ester when she asked him to return to the Rabbi's household?

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

9. In Chapter 6, what did Ester see when she was onboard a ship?

10. What advice did Mendes offer in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aaron and Helen do not get along at first. How would you describe their relationship at first? How does their relationship change? What changes their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

A plague strikes London in 1665. How does the plague affect characters and London? Why is it so devastating?

Essay Topic 3

Ester marries Alvaro. Why do they marry? How would you describe their relationship? How is their relationship beneficial for both of them?

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