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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jakob wonder if remembering does?
(a) Causes him to lose sight of beauty.
(b) Causes him to not go forward.
(c) Causes the dead pain.
(d) Causes him to not forgive.

2. Where do Athos and Jakob take up residence in Toronto?
(a) Heathside Gardens Apartments.
(b) Men's homeless shelter.
(c) Athos' third cousin's home.
(d) The home of another professor.

3. What does Athos say luck requires?
(a) The gods' benevolence.
(b) Being good.
(c) Being ready for it.
(d) Heeding warnings.

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

5. In what type of ground does Athos say one should be buried?
(a) Sandy ground.
(b) Ground that will remember the dead person buried there.
(c) Rocky ground.
(d) Fertile ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emerges from Jakob's mind at night?

2. What does Jacob see boys doing to produce squawks?

3. What does Athos say stones do?

4. How old is this site?

5. Who is Jakob Beer?

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