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

2. What is significant of Salonika?
(a) It is where Athos' ashes are strewn.
(b) It is where Jews, Christians, and Muslims once lived in harmony.
(c) It is where Jakob finds information about Bella.
(d) It is where Jakob produces his greatest works of poetry.

3. Upon what does Jakob sometimes lecture?
(a) Living while the dead are inside you.
(b) Athos' work.
(c) The Holocaust.
(d) Living with grief.

4. What does Jakob see ascending?
(a) Spirits.
(b) A flock of crows.
(c) A blimp.
(d) A flock of vultures.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does being moral consist in the time of the Holocaust?

2. What is Bella doing in Jakob's imagination?

3. What helps Ben understand his nightmares?

4. How does Jakob make a living?

5. How does Jakob approach listening to composers?

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