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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth's emotional problem?
(a) his fear of his parishioners
(b) his distrust of Aurora
(c) his consumming lust for Aurora
(d) his fear of the Jews

2. What is Moraes' physical deformity at birth?
(a) a deformed right hand
(b) crossed eyes
(c) over large ears
(d) a club foot

3. What is the play on words in the names of Aurora's four children, Ina, Minnie, Mynah, and Moor?
(a) in a meany minor mow
(b) in a minute mighty Moe
(c) eeny, meeny, miney, moe
(d) I'm a minna in my moat

4. What do the British authorities do to Camoens and Aires?
(a) sentence them to 15 years in prison
(b) arrest them for treason
(c) fine them for the fire
(d) exile them to Spain

5. What does Aurora look like as a teenager?
(a) a tall, thin, thirteen year old
(b) a short, obese thirteen year old
(c) a short, beautiful thirteen year old
(d) a tall, square thirteen year old

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened after Flory's son was born?

2. How does Aurora treat Abraham?

3. For what is the synagogue famous?

4. Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?

5. Why does Flory Zogoiby object to her son's marrying Aurora?

Short Essay Questions

1. What painting does Miranda cover with another after Aurora reacts negatively to the original?

2. Why are Camoens and Aires given fifteen year prison sentences?

3. How does Fielding reward Moor, now the Hammer, for his work?

4. How does Moor refer to the dysfunction of his family?

5. Why does Moor lament his life as he continues with his history of the family?

6. Describe the condition of the middle daughter, Minnie, at the Mahalaxmi Weekend Constitutional.

7. What is the transformation of Abraham?

8. How does Moor feel about his parents union?

9. Why does Moor have trouble getting to Vasco Miranda in Andalusia?

10. How does Moor excuse himself for writing about his parents sex lives?

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