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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, The Gradual Instant.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alex's father's occupation?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Architect.
(c) Music conductor.
(d) Physician.

2. In what color can a Polish painter Jakob meets not paint?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

3. What does Jakob think about the Catalan Atlas?
(a) It is amazingly accurate.
(b) It is honest about designating unknown regions.
(c) It is breathtakingly beautiful.
(d) It is very inaccurate.

4. Around which of Alex's friends does Jakob feel insecure?
(a) Her Marxist friends.
(b) Her Beat friends.
(c) Her intellectual friends.
(d) Her Zionist friends.

5. Why does Athos take Jakob to Athens?
(a) To contact the Polish embassy.
(b) To register for the University.
(c) To show him some of the ancient Greek architecture.
(d) To search for information about Bella and Aunt Ida's fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Helen?

2. To whom does Jakob write letters?

3. On what stories does Alex's father raise her?

4. What are Australian and British soldiers described doing?

5. What does Jakob say every moment is?

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