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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What meetings does Pascali stop attending months ago?
(a) The Literary Society.
(b) The Cabinet.
(c) The Commissioners.
(d) Veterans of Foreign Wars.

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

4. What does Pascali believe about the information he gives Bowles in their conversation?
(a) That Bowles is with the rebels.
(b) That Bowles does not really understand the situation.
(c) Pascali believes he is not giving Bowles new information, but simply confirming information.
(d) That Pascali has convinced Bowles to rethink his options.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Pascali's observation about Hassan a symbol?

2. Why won't Russia, Britain, and France take action against the Ottoman empire?

3. What does Pascali tell Bowles he would not be allowed to do even with a lease?

4. What does Pascali note about the fisherman Hassan?

5. What does Pascali's salary not allow him?

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