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

2. How is Alex actually?
(a) Cold.
(b) Passionately naive.
(c) Awkwardly innocent.
(d) Indifferent.

3. What is Michaela's occupation?
(a) Housewife.
(b) Vineyard adminstrator.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Museum administrator.

4. What returns to Michaela when she speaks?
(a) Her mind.
(b) Her goodness.
(c) Her body.
(d) Her clarity.

5. What emerges from Jakob's mind at night?
(a) Songs.
(b) Visions of his place in the universe.
(c) Visions of poetic symbolism.
(d) Dead family and friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Athos do for relaxation?

2. What does Jakob experience when he first wakes in Michaela's bed?

3. What does Jakob think about the Catalan Atlas?

4. What do Athos' stories begin to do for Jakob?

5. With what does Athos help Jakob as far as the subtleties?

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