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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Athos help Jakob as far as the subtleties?
(a) Bureaucracies.
(b) English.
(c) Customs of the Canadians.
(d) Shopping.

2. What is Athos' professional specialty?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Archeology.
(c) Geology.
(d) Sociology.

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

4. What does Jakob wonder if remembering does?
(a) Causes him to not go forward.
(b) Causes him to lose sight of beauty.
(c) Causes the dead pain.
(d) Causes him to not forgive.

5. How old is Jakob when Athos takes him to Athens?
(a) 15.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jakob dream about as he sleeps?

2. What does Athos do for relaxation?

3. Why can't Ben's father retire when he is of age?

4. Who preaches freedom at Palamas' funeral?

5. What are Australian and British soldiers described doing?

(see the answer key)

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