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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pascali's purpose on the island?
(a) To incite the local population to rebel against Germany.
(b) To assassinate the current prime minister.
(c) To set up a puppet government in favor of the Turks.
(d) To monitor the flow of ideas on the island.

2. To what does Pascali compare the sea?
(a) To the depths of one's mind that cannot by plumbed.
(b) To humans, tormented and violent.
(c) To the waves of fortune.
(d) To the violence of an assassination.

3. Who is Herr Gesing?
(a) The cousin to the Sultan through marriage.
(b) The heir to the German beer manufacturer.
(c) A German commercial agent.
(d) A former Nazi.

4. What does Pascali believe about harmony.
(a) That it works in music but not politics.
(b) That it is unobtainable.
(c) That it cannot be attained without discord.
(d) That only the dead understand harmony.

5. Of what is the Ottoman empire comprised?
(a) An fairly homogenous group of peoples.
(b) Of multiple races, creed, and languages that have united under the Ottoman State.
(c) Many disparate but loyal groups.
(d) Mostly Arab nations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meetings does Pascali stop attending months ago?

2. What does the crumbling island seem like a metaphor for to Pascali?

3. What does Pascali think about the things Lydia does at the dinner table?

4. How does Pascali think the unity of the Ottoman Empire can be maintained?

5. How long has Pascali been a paid informer?

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