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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Part One, Chapter 8, where did the second of Rossi’s letters come from?
(a) Oxford.
(b) UCLA.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Kings College.

2. Where is Rossi before he returns to England at the end of Part One, Chapter 9?
(a) Crete.
(b) Bulgaria.
(c) Italy.
(d) Egypt.

3. What does the young woman in Part One, Chapter 8 admit to Paul?
(a) She has just come from Hungary.
(b) She is preparing for a trip to Hungary.
(c) She is preparing for a trip to Istanbul.
(d) She has just come from Istanbul.

4. What is the salutation in the first letter the narrator finds in her father’s library?
(a) To my future servant.
(b) My dear friend Paul.
(c) My dear and unfortunate successor.
(d) To the next victim.

5. What kills Hedges?
(a) A stroke.
(b) Blood loss.
(c) A punctured lung.
(d) Infection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Barley cross with the narrator in Part Two, Chapter 25?

2. What is the salutation in Rossi’s letters in Part Two, Chapter 45?

3. What sense does the narrator get from the glimpse into the letters found in her father’s library?

4. Who is the author of The Historian?

5. What happens to Johan Binnerts at the beginning of Part One, Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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