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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Second Chapter: The Loneliness of Gloria, Sections titled Of Temptation at the Window, Of the Cruel Law, Of Black Stockings, and Of the Law of Concubines.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nacib receive Brazilian citizenship?
(a) His father purchases a birth certificate from the notary Segismundo.
(b) He takes an exam and becomes a naturalized citizen.
(c) He is awarded citizenship after serving in the armed forces.
(d) His mother was Brazilian, so he is a dual citizen.

2. According to the Doctor's book, with which historical figure did his ancestor Ofenísia have a clandestine romance?
(a) Henry XIII.
(b) Caramuru.
(c) Emperor Pedro II.
(d) Napoleon Bonaparte.

3. Which character is Nacib's employee and brings him the news that Filomena is leaving Ilhéus?
(a) Vicente.
(b) Chico.
(c) Dona Arminda.
(d) Risoleta.

4. Who brought the architect who designed the first modern style house in town to Ilhéus?
(a) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(b) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(c) Mundinho Falção.
(d) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.

5. Which character announces the end of the rain on the first clear morning?
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(b) Colonel Ramiro Bastos.
(c) Colonel Jesuíno Mendonça.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Doctor's book, what killed the poet Teodoro de Castro?

2. What socially recognized relationship does Father Basílio have with the children he fathered with Otália?

3. To which organization do the high society women who walk barefoot in the procession belong?

4. Why does Mundinho leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Ilhéus initially?

5. Why are no bets placed on a murder trial of an unfaithful wife?

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