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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 28-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Arslan Aga leave Ali with a stack of paper and a pen?
(a) To write him letters.
(b) To record the events of the war.
(c) To write his hero's story.
(d) To write love poems.

2. How does the narrator describe Mirza during the meeting of oil princes in Chapter 16?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Determined.
(c) War-like.
(d) Powerful.

3. Where does Iljas Beg host a graduation party?
(a) At his father's palace.
(b) At a ballroom in Moscow.
(c) At the university.
(d) At his family's country home.

4. What does Nachararyan describe as a trinity, while driving to City Club?
(a) Three great Caucasians.
(b) Muslims, Buddists and Hindus.
(c) Money, power, and influence.
(d) Three European countries.

5. How many Ashouks does the narrator say are left?
(a) None.
(b) No one knows for sure.
(c) Many.
(d) Few.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the The Ottoman Empire declare a Holy War?

2. Whom does Ali leave the arrangements of his marriage to Nino up to?

3. Why is Nachararyan able to land the first punch while fighting Ali over kidnapping Nino?

4. What does Dim Mehmed Haidar want to build in place of derricks?

5. What do Russians call Persian singing?

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