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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, The Drowned City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Maurice suggest that Ben's thesis correlate?
(a) Weather.
(b) Tides.
(c) Colors.
(d) Work.

2. What does Naomi do to escape the heat and humidity?
(a) Turns the thermostat down in the house.
(b) Turns the A/C on high in her car.
(c) Takes a cold shower.
(d) Lies in the spring in the back of the house.

3. What effect does hearing the old tongue have on Jakob?
(a) It causes him to feel confused.
(b) It brings up images of his mother.
(c) It causes him to feel both fear and love.
(d) It reminds him that he is not the same as he was.

4. What restaurants do Athos and Jakob frequent?
(a) Italian.
(b) Constantine's.
(c) American.
(d) Jewish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Athos' stories evoke in Jakob?

2. Of what is Athos the last?

3. What does Athos say a good deed does?

4. Who are Yoshi and Tomas?

5. Of what does Jakob live in constant fear?

(see the answer key)

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