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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Camoens turn to secularism?
(a) any other path would lead to sectarian violence
(b) the greed of organized religion
(c) another path would require to much sacrifice
(d) in order to spite his mother

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

3. How is Abraham's physical infirmity introduced?
(a) he has to rest if he walks far
(b) he coughs up blood
(c) he often cannot sleep
(d) he feels his chest tighten with asthma

4. What is the condition of Vasco Miranda as Uma joins the household?
(a) jealous and deceptive
(b) angry, moody, dying
(c) graying and losing his talent
(d) aging, fattening, declining

5. What is a likely reason Flory had made her money?
(a) she had been a fence for jewel thieves
(b) she had smuggled hasheesh
(c) she had been a prostitute
(d) she had embezzled from the synagogue

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Flory die?

2. What term of endearment does Aurora use when speaking of Abraham?

3. How does Moraes identify his family?

4. How long has Ina been dead when the family attends the Mahalaxmi Weekend Constitutional?

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

(see the answer key)

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