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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pascali think the unity of the Ottoman Empire can be maintained?
(a) Through granting independence to rebellious nations.
(b) Through religious conversion.
(c) Unity can only be maintained through non-mobility.
(d) Through a heavy military presence in all the countries that make up the Empire.

2. Of what does Pascali warn the Sultan?
(a) That the island will likely attempt to get out from under Turkish rule.
(b) That the volcano will blow soon.
(c) A possible assassination attempt in the near future.
(d) That he has watched the Empire slowly deteriorate.

3. Who needs Pascali's translation services?
(a) Reve.
(b) The Sultan.
(c) Bowles.
(d) Lydia.

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

5. What does Herr Gesing believe about British trade?
(a) That they only rival the Americans.
(b) That they are less inept than the Turks.
(c) That Britain only opposes politics when it is harming their trade.
(d) That they have blundered their way into wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dranas rude to Pascali?

2. Who is Herr Gesing?

3. To whom is Pascali writing?

4. What is the overarching emotion that the newcomer exudes?

5. What could deaths on the island do?

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