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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. What does Athos say luck requires?
(a) Heeding warnings.
(b) Being good.
(c) Being ready for it.
(d) The gods' benevolence.

2. When does Ben first meet Jakob and Michaela?
(a) Michaela's birthday party.
(b) Irena's birthday party.
(c) Jakob's book signing.
(d) A memorial service for Athos.

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

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

5. What does Jakob feel inside him?
(a) Nothing.
(b) His father telling him to run.
(c) His mother saying goodbye.
(d) His sister's terror.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hunts down and kills anyone well off?

2. What is the state of Greece during this time?

3. How is Naomi described as usually being?

4. What is significant of Salonika?

5. What do the Jews do when the Germans take over the occupation of the country from the Italians?

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