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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. Who is Helen?
(a) A woman Jakob stays with for several months.
(b) Athos' deceased wife.
(c) Jakob's one surviving aunt.
(d) Athos' deceased sister.

2. Where does Jakob look through Athos' library?
(a) In the basement of the public library.
(b) In Roussos.
(c) He cannot locate Athos' library.
(d) At the home of a former Nazi.

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

4. How old is Jakob when Athos takes him to Athens?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

5. About what does Maurice worry?
(a) That Maurice will have to work many hours with Ben.
(b) That Ben will misinterpret Jakob's journals.
(c) That Jakob's journals are lost in the huge library.
(d) That Ben will not be persistent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jakob say Germans tried to dehumanize Jews?

2. What does the rabbi say when passengers ask his forgiveness?

3. Who hunts down and kills anyone well off?

4. Who preaches freedom at Palamas' funeral?

5. What does Athos say luck requires?

(see the answer key)

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