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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Vertical Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the moral of the parable about the rabbi?
(a) Forgivness is not automatic.
(b) Nothing erases an immoral act.
(c) Forgiveness is possible but penance is required.
(d) Be kind to all since you do not know if someone is an angel.

2. What reminds Ben of his parents' shoes and mended clothing?
(a) A picture of a medicant preacher.
(b) A jumble of sandals in Jakob's study.
(c) A description in one of Jakob's journals.
(d) Two elderly Jews walking past in the street.

3. Where does Jakob learn to live a normal life as Athos prepares for their move to Canada?
(a) From Sikelianos.
(b) From Kostas and Daphne.
(c) From the other boys of the town.
(d) He does not learn this.

4. Who preaches freedom at Palamas' funeral?
(a) Athos.
(b) No one.
(c) Sikelianos.
(d) Mitsialis.

5. What volume does Jakob select to read himself to sleep?
(a) The Stranger.
(b) Genesis.
(c) The Iliad.
(d) Psalms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the state of Greece during this time?

2. Of what does being moral consist in the time of the Holocaust?

3. What time does the painted clock at Treblinka station always read?

4. To what is Athos prone?

5. What is Zakynthos like?

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