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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Tiresias In Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concerns Milton about Lefty's business practices at the Zebra Room?
(a) Milton worries that the Zebra Room will be broken into because it is in a bad neighborhood.
(b) Milton does not understand why Lefty is paying for three insurance policies on the building.
(c) Milton is concerned about Lefty's dealings with bootleggers.
(d) Milton believes it is immoral for Lefty to sell alcohol in the Zebra Room.

2. Which of the following statements best describes Uncle Pete?
(a) A sweet natured priest.
(b) A self-made business man.
(c) A superstitious old man.
(d) An intellectual chiropractor.

3. What is the English translation of "ex ovo omnia"?
(a) Everything is an egg.
(b) Every child begins as an egg.
(c) Everything exits an egg.
(d) Everything comes out of an egg.

4. What reason does Lefty give Desdemona for his trip into town?
(a) To visit a local bar and brothel.
(b) To shop for groceries at the market.
(c) To court a woman he hopes to marry.
(d) To sell the silk cocoons at market.

5. What is the "maze" that Jimmy tells Lefty women should be "shut up in"?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Pregnancy.
(c) Prison.
(d) House work.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what religious faith does Stephanides family belong?

2. What does Desdemona admire about the women of Temple No.1?

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

4. What does Desdemona fear will happen to Lefty?

5. Who does Desdemona over hear through the heating vents in the Silk Room of the Temple No. 1?

(see the answer key)

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