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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shadowy figure is alluded to in Chapter 6?
(a) Flory Roary
(b) Vasco da Gama
(c) Vasco Miranda
(d) Laslo Miranda

2. After the business is successful again, what does Flory do?
(a) threatens to kill Abraham
(b) brings the police to demand her payment
(c) takes the written promise of the son to Aurora
(d) gives Aurora a love potion to make her conceive

3. What is represented in Aurora's paintings?
(a) crime and punishment
(b) family history and Indian cultures
(c) the haunting of the house
(d) deep religious convictions

4. Which of the household servants could Aires not touch?
(a) the boatmen
(b) the gardeners
(c) the cooks
(d) the latrine cleaners

5. What is the analogy to Rumpelstiltskin?
(a) Abraham uses blackmail to get the jewels
(b) Flory can get more jewels by a spinning wheel
(c) Flory gives Abraham a deadline to produce the son
(d) Flory demands his firstborn son

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Francisco da Gama do to the family chapel?

2. Why does Camoens turn to secularism?

3. Who is the first person allowed to see the paintings?

4. Why is Moraes estranged from his mother?

5. What need does Moraes have to be candid about his parents' sex life?

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