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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Home Movies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cause of Desdemona's heart palpitations?
(a) Unproductive silkworms.
(b) Stress over the Greek occupation of Turkey.
(c) A rare genetic disorder.
(d) Grief over the deaths of her parents.

2. What does the narrator say makes him/her "the most famous hermaphrodite in history"?
(a) S/he was studied by Dr. Luce.
(b) S/he lived as a girl but had the body of a boy.
(c) S/he went to the doctor to have a sex change operation.
(d) S/he has the brain of a boy, but was raised as a girl.

3. Who marries Lefty and Desdemona on the boat?
(a) A priest traveling on the Giulia.
(b) Dr. Philobosian.
(c) No one, they are not married until they reach America.
(d) Captain Kontoulis.

4. What is unusual about Lefty and Desdemona's relationship?
(a) They are pretending to be brother and sister, but are actually involved in a romantic relationship.
(b) They are sexually attracted to each other even though they are brother and sister.
(c) They have very different interests. Lefty likes the modern, city life while Desdemona is more traditional.
(d) They live alone in their family home after their parents die.

5. What play do the two couples go to see the night that their babies are conceived?
(a) Antigone.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) The Minotaur.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Lefty's and Dr. Philobosian's paths cross?

2. What happens to Milton as he is about to go into war that Desdemona believes is an answer to her prayers?

3. What commentary on beauty does Julie Kikuchi make in this chapter?

4. What is the only article of modern technology does the superstitious and traditional Desdemona embraces?

5. What is the source of Dr. Philobosian's sadness?

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