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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is referred to in Chapter 25 as the island that no one ventures to without falling in love?
(a) Cephalonia.
(b) Cyprus.
(c) Izmir.
(d) Rhodes.

2. The narrator states in Chapter 28 that the year 1189 in the Muslim calendar equals what year in the Christian calendar?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1795.

3. What was Levon the Armenian also often known as, according to the narrator in Chapter 28?
(a) Levon the Cowardly.
(b) Levon the Sly.
(c) Levon the Snowbringer.
(d) Levon the Strong.

4. Who was the imam that Ibrahim interrupted with bleating, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Mustafa Kemal.
(b) Rustem Bey.
(c) Abdulhamid Hodja.
(d) Mihrimah Efendim.

5. Who is the narrator of Chapter 38?
(a) Constantinos.
(b) Philothei.
(c) Drosoula.
(d) Safiye.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the beggar that Philothei describes giving alms to in Chapter 8?

2. Iskander says in Chapter 1 that he is a potter but is also renowned as a maker of what?

3. What type of instrument is Ibrahim said to play in Chapter 1?

4. What did the barber tell Rustem Bay to say on the Persian new year to avoid insect bites for a year?

5. What color beads did Philothei's father say the women were hanging about the home after she was born in Chapter 2?

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