Maimonides: A Physician's Rivalry

Who was appointed as the personal physician to Sultan Saladin of Egypt?

• Hakim

• Maimonides

• Ibn Sina

• Al-Razi

What was the reaction of the court to Maimonides' appointment?

• Everyone was unhappy

• Everyone was indifferent

• Everyone was happy except Hakim

• Everyone was happy including Hakim

What was Hakim's position after Maimonides was appointed?

• He remained the personal physician

• He was given second place

• He left the court

• He became the chief advisor

Who did Maimonides treat as the personal physician?

• The entire court

• Only the sultan

• The sultan and his immediate family

• Only the poor

Where did Maimonides' reputation as a physician spread quickly?

• Jerusalem

• Fostat, the old city of Cairo

• Baghdad

• Damascus

How did the Jews regard Maimonides?

• As a great warrior

• As the greatest scholar and Talmudist of the age

• As a famous artist

• As a renowned architect

How did non-Jews view Maimonides?

• As a great philosopher

• As the greatest physician of the age

• As a political leader

• As a religious figure

Who did Maimonides treat without charge?

• Only the rich

• Only Jews

• Only non-Jews

• The poor, Jew and non-Jew alike

What emotion filled Hakim's heart towards Maimonides?

• Admiration

• Indifference

• Jealousy and hatred

• Friendship

What did Hakim begin to do as a result of his feelings towards Maimonides?

• He started to learn from Maimonides

• He began to scheme and plot

• He left the court

• He wrote a book