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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Vertical Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reminds Ben of his parents' shoes and mended clothing?
(a) A jumble of sandals in Jakob's study.
(b) Two elderly Jews walking past in the street.
(c) A description in one of Jakob's journals.
(d) A picture of a medicant preacher.

2. How does Jakob's home influence Jakob?
(a) It gives him a feeling of safety to work.
(b) It gives him a belief in the future.
(c) It gives him the confidence to write Groundwork.
(d) It gives him a feeling of belonging.

3. To what is Athos prone?
(a) Doubt.
(b) Fits of rage.
(c) Depression.
(d) Euphoria.

4. What does Jakob think Bella wants to do for him?
(a) Teach him love.
(b) Get close enough to push him back into the world.
(c) Show him how well they all are.
(d) Show him his potential.

5. About what does Maurice worry?
(a) That Jakob's journals are lost in the huge library.
(b) That Ben will misinterpret Jakob's journals.
(c) That Ben will not be persistent.
(d) That Maurice will have to work many hours with Ben.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Palamas?

2. Of what does the house remind Ben?

3. What does Ben study carefully that is a bit disorienting?

4. What does the rabbi say when passengers ask his forgiveness?

5. What do the Greeks seem to have caught from the Germans?

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