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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the literary symbolism of Moraes' nailing his passages along his escape route?
(a) Christ nailed to the corss
(b) boards nailed over sensual mosaics
(c) Star of David nailed over Jewish doors
(d) Martin Luther's theses on the church door

2. Who succeeds in rousing the rabble of Cochin against the unorthodox couple?
(a) D'Aeth
(b) Vasco Miranda
(c) Flory
(d) Aires

3. What is represented in Aurora's paintings?
(a) deep religious convictions
(b) crime and punishment
(c) the haunting of the house
(d) family history and Indian cultures

4. What led Francisco da Gama to make changes in the house and chapel?
(a) religious fervor
(b) punishment for Epifania
(c) artistic temperament
(d) Ghandian simplicity

5. Which of the characters becomes enamored first of Leninism and later of Nehru's Party Congress?
(a) Camoens
(b) Epifania
(c) Belle
(d) Aires

Short Answer Questions

1. What shadowy figure is alluded to in Chapter 6?

2. What angers Aires by their disappearance?

3. What did Francisco da Gama do to the family chapel?

4. What does Moraes say he has already nailed up?

5. With whom does Epifania conspire to gain control of the family business?

(see the answer key)

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