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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 time does the painted clock at Treblinka station always read?
(a) 9 o'clock.
(b) 1 o'clock.
(c) 12 o'clock.
(d) 3 o'clock.

2. Where does Jakob image Bella being?
(a) A vault.
(b) A German officer's home.
(c) A camp barracks.
(d) A home for orphans.

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

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

5. Who hunts down and kills anyone well off?
(a) Nazis.
(b) Americans.
(c) Greek revolutionaries.
(d) Communists.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Jakob when Athos takes him to Athens?

2. What does Jakob think Bella wants to do for him?

3. Where does Jakob look through Athos' library?

4. How does Jakob feel in Greece?

5. Into what is despair transformed in the gas chambers?

(see the answer key)

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