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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Jakob hoped would happen upon marrying Alex?
(a) He would know why he was alive.
(b) It would bring light into his life.
(c) He would become someone all together different.
(d) He would no longer have a past.

2. What does Athos insist that Jakob do?
(a) Write down what he remembers of his family.
(b) Keep up on his Hebrew.
(c) Keep up on his Greek.
(d) Forgive.

3. What often makes Athos feel depressed?
(a) Writing about those lost at Biskupin.
(b) Thinking about Helen.
(c) Seeing Jakob growing away from Jakob's heritage.
(d) Feeling Jakob pull away from him.

4. What spoils the sex between Jakob and Alex?
(a) The close quarters in which they live.
(b) Their regular arguments.
(c) Jakob's nightmares.
(d) Alex's indifference.

5. What is the state of Greece during this time?
(a) It is rapidly recovering from WWII.
(b) It is in ruins.
(c) It has become a strong, financial center of the area.
(d) It better off than many of the post-WWII countries, but not real good.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jakob dream about as he sleeps?

2. What does Athos do at the first sign of danger?

3. On what stories does Alex's father raise her?

4. Of what is Athos the last?

5. What restaurants do Athos and Jakob frequent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the relationship between Alex and Jakob evolve?

2. Why do Athos and Jakob go to Athens and in what condition is Greece?

3. What does Jakob sense from his hiding place as his family is killed?

4. What thoughts does Jakob have about the Catalan Atlas and history?

5. Where is Jakob Beer at the opening of the novel, and what is he doing?

6. What is the Beskupin site?

7. Describe the day-to-day life of Jakob and Athos.

8. What did Jakob Beer witness as he hid in the bog?

9. How does Jakob end up in Greece?

10. What incident does Ioannis relate, and of what does it remind Jakob?

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