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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moraes say he has already nailed up?
(a) his last will and testament
(b) his epic poetry
(c) his family's secrets
(d) his suicide notes

2. What do the British authorities do to Camoens and Aires?
(a) fine them for the fire
(b) sentence them to 15 years in prison
(c) arrest them for treason
(d) exile them to Spain

3. What happens to the chapel after Francisco dies?
(a) it is restored to its original decor
(b) it is raxed to the ground
(c) it becomes his mausoleum
(d) it is left as a monument to him

4. What drove a wedge between the between Epifania and her husband and polarized their sons?
(a) Francisco da Gama's scientific experiments
(b) Francisco da Gama's religious fanatacism
(c) Francisco da Gama's strange architecture preferences
(d) Francisco da Gama's Indian nationalism

5. To what does Moraes refer to as the sub-condiment?
(a) spices kept under the table
(b) inferior quality spices
(c) the spice trail from China
(d) India, exploited for its spices

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the literary symbolism of Moraes' nailing his passages along his escape route?

2. What does Aurora do to torment her father and uncle?

3. How did the people of Bombay regard Aurora da Gama?

4. To what does Moraes compare his resting place in the cemetery?

5. How does Epifania classify the renovated chapel?

(see the answer key)

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