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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does the narrator say lewd thoughts and insomnia were blowing into the village from the southern wind when Philothei was born in Chapter 2?
(a) Asia.
(b) Arabia.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

2. Who is Philothei's mother?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Polyxeni.
(c) Nilufer.
(d) Tamara.

3. What is the name of Leyla's cat?
(a) Hasseki.
(b) Charitos.
(c) Pamuk.
(d) Nilufer.

4. What did Philothei's father ask him to tie on the red pine in Chapter 2?
(a) A white rag.
(b) A red rag.
(c) A blue rag.
(d) A yellow rag.

5. What color stone does Philothei describe Ibrahim giving her in Chapter 4?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the barber tell Rustem Bay to say on the Persian new year to avoid insect bites for a year?

2. Who was the priest that had Drosoula's father carried home when he passed out on the church steps in the narrative in Chapter 5?

3. Who was the imam that Ibrahim interrupted with bleating, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

4. Who is said to live in the trunk of a tree with a donkey and four children in Chapter 22?

5. Who did Father Kristoforos converse with in his dream in Chapter 36?

(see the answer key)

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