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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, The Gradual Instant.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Athos do at the first sign of danger?
(a) Crawls under the bed.
(b) Climbs in the sea chest.
(c) Sits in the chair shaking in terror.
(d) Makes his way up the mountain to a cave.

2. Who is Palamas?
(a) A priest.
(b) An historian.
(c) A poet.
(d) A soldier.

3. What does Jakob miss when living with Athos?
(a) His dog.
(b) His father's laugh.
(c) His mother's tender good-night kiss.
(d) The most important events in his life.

4. Upon what does Jakob sometimes lecture?
(a) Living while the dead are inside you.
(b) Living with grief.
(c) Athos' work.
(d) The Holocaust.

5. About what does Jakob feel wrong?
(a) Leaving Athos' corpse in Toronto.
(b) Writing about his sister when he does not know if she is alive.
(c) Writing about his sister when she was alive.
(d) Being married to Alex and living in a foreign land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Athos say luck requires?

2. Of what is Athos the last?

3. What is Athos' professional specialty?

4. What do Athos' stories evoke in Jakob?

5. What does Athos do for relaxation?

(see the answer key)

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