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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ioannis tell of losing?
(a) His family.
(b) His jewels.
(c) His livilihood.
(d) His fishing boat.

2. Who is Palamas?
(a) A poet.
(b) An historian.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A priest.

3. What are Australian and British soldiers described doing?
(a) Handing out candy.
(b) Singing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Growling.

4. Who is Jakob Beer?
(a) An archeology professor at Oxford.
(b) A young boy.
(c) A priest.
(d) An elderly man who is about to die.

5. Who is Kostas Mitsialis?
(a) The Polish consul.
(b) A Greek Orthodox priest.
(c) An old colleague of Athos.
(d) The mayor of Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jakob see ascending?

2. Who is Mones?

3. How is the site perfectly preserved?

4. Of what is Athos the last?

5. What does Jakob witness as he is hiding?

(see the answer key)

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