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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Athos say stones do?
(a) Hold human time.
(b) Give a sense of the importance of the moment.
(c) Roots one to their past.
(d) Give a sense of destiny.

3. What does Athos do for relaxation?
(a) Cooks.
(b) Watches television.
(c) Gardens.
(d) Walks.

4. Where do Athos and Jakob take up residence in Toronto?
(a) Men's homeless shelter.
(b) Heathside Gardens Apartments.
(c) Athos' third cousin's home.
(d) The home of another professor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jakob feel inside him?

2. What does Athos do because he senses he is running out of time?

3. Who is Maurice Salman?

4. Why does Athos take Jakob to Athens?

5. What emerges from Jakob's mind at night?

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