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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Jakob does Alex have difficulty accepting?
(a) His obsession with Bella.
(b) His shyness.
(c) His halting English.
(d) His Jewish background.

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

3. What stories does Jakob remember Bella telling?
(a) About a devil.
(b) About an adventurer.
(c) About a mouse in the house.
(d) About Brahms.

4. What does Athos say the sight of many birds is?
(a) Bad luck.
(b) The sign of prayers comforting the dead.
(c) Good luck.
(d) A sign that the heavens are whispering advice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Athos the last?

2. What is Jakob to do when Alex leaves him?

3. Around which of Alex's friends does Jakob feel insecure?

4. How does Alex act?

5. What does Athos do for relaxation?

(see the answer key)

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