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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miranda paint over the portrait of Aurora?
(a) a self portrait as a weeping Arab on horseback
(b) a seascape with spice ships
(c) a painting of Ganesha
(d) a portrait of the four children

2. Who is the person he begins his narrative with?
(a) his father, Abraham Zogoiby
(b) homosexual great uncle, Aires da Gama
(c) his grandmother, Isabella Ximena Souza da Gama
(d) his mother, Aurora

3. What does Moor see in the unfinished painting, The Moor's Last sigh?
(a) a frightened mother reaching out to her son
(b) a door open to reconcilliation
(c) a condemnation of himself
(d) Aurora's best painting

4. What does Moraes tell the reader about the dark side of Vasco Miranda's personality?
(a) dealing in black magic and sorcery
(b) moodiness and holding grudges
(c) aggressive fury, alcohol and drug abuse, bisexual orgies
(d) drug smuggling and assassinations

5. What is Aurora's unfinished, unsigned masterpiece?
(a) The Moor's Arrival
(b) The Moor's Last Sigh
(c) The Return of the Moor
(d) The Moor in Hell

Short Answer Questions

1. In her fifties, what style does Aurora's paintings take?

2. Why do Abraham and Moor want to recover Miranda's crude painting Aurora called The Moor's Last Sigh?

3. Where did Aurora and Abraham have sex the first time?

4. What is foreshadowed during Aurora's confinement to her room?

5. What does Moraes say was his father's lament?

(see the answer key)

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