Spanish Inquisition
Setting
Characters
Isabel the Christian
Ruth the Jew
100
The English translation of Auto-de-Fe is this
What is Act of Faith
100
Isabel grew up in this city and country
What is Seville, Spain.
100
These were the rules of Spain
Who were Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand.
100
Isabel's full Christian name
What is Isabel de Carvallo.
100
This symbol connects Isabel to Judaism
What is her grandmother's mezuzzah.
200
The inquisition was directed at these herectics
What is Marranos (Conversos).
200
The story takes place in this year
What is 1492.
200
Isabel's best friend Teresa holds this, verifying her as an old Christian
What is a Purity of Christian Blood Certificate.
200
A sanbenito is this
What is "garments of shame", yellow shifts with big red crosses in front and back
200
This event solidifies Isabel's connection to Judaism
What is the auto-de-fe.
300
He was the Grand Inquisitor
Who is Tomas de Torquemada.
300
Jews in the Iberian peninsula are called this
What is Sephardic.
300
Isabel tells her father these final words
What is the Shema.
300
In the beginning of the novel, when Isabel encounters Jews leaving the country, she feels this
What is pity.
300
Ruth's full Jewish name
What is Ruth de Cojano.
400
The Edict of Expulsion of Jews was proclaimed in this month and year
What is March 1492.
400
The peoples forced out of Spain prior to the Jews were these
What is the Moors (Muslims).
400
Together with him, Isabel's father helped many Marranos to escape
What is Don Esteban de Gomez
400
After Isabel learns her Jewish name, she feels this
What is unhappy/upset.
400
Both Marranos and New Christians are this
What is Conversos
500
One sign giving someone away as a Judaizer
What is wearing clean linens on Saturdays. What is not lighting a fire on Saturdays. What is not working on Friday nights or Saturdays. What is eating unleavened bread. What is not eating pork.
500
According to the Rubisa, the Jewish people found strength and resolve in this
What is the Torah.
500
From a young age, Isabel was taught to say this when saying the prayer of the cross
What is the secret prayer of the Marrano: Adonai, my God in my thoughts. Adonai, my God on my lips. Adonai, my God in my heart.
500
“As I stared at the flowers, a vision flashed through my mind, a vision of two gardeners insane with hatred." The two gardeners were
What is Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand.