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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, The Gradual Instant.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jakob say every moment is?
(a) A chance.
(b) An opportunity.
(c) Two moments.
(d) Pain relived.

2. About what does Jakob feel wrong?
(a) Writing about his sister when she was alive.
(b) Being married to Alex and living in a foreign land.
(c) Writing about his sister when he does not know if she is alive.
(d) Leaving Athos' corpse in Toronto.

3. What is "Bearing False Witness"?
(a) A book Kostas just published.
(b) A new law that discriminates against minorities in Canada.
(c) A tribute to comrades lost at Biskupin.
(d) A book Jakob is writing.

4. What about marriage does Alex enjoy?
(a) The respectability.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The security.
(d) The sex.

5. Who is Kostas Mitsialis?
(a) A Greek Orthodox priest.
(b) The Polish consul.
(c) An old colleague of Athos.
(d) The mayor of Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Jakob yearn?

2. How does Jakob approach listening to composers?

3. What stories does Jakob remember Bella telling?

4. What often makes Athos feel depressed?

5. What reminds Jakob of his mother and Bella?

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