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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. Who is too weak to come to Idhra?
(a) Michaela.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Naomi.
(d) Kostas.

2. What is possible with recorded history?
(a) It can be altered.
(b) It can be forgotten.
(c) It can be erased.
(d) It can be resurrected.

3. How does Ben react to the sight of the harbor at Idhra?
(a) He is disappointed.
(b) He finds it exciting but unintelligible.
(c) He thinks it's cluttered but interesting.
(d) He gasps.

4. What reminds Ben of his parents' shoes and mended clothing?
(a) A picture of a medicant preacher.
(b) Two elderly Jews walking past in the street.
(c) A description in one of Jakob's journals.
(d) A jumble of sandals in Jakob's study.

5. From where has Jakob Beer just emerged at the opening of the novel?
(a) A bog.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A forest.
(d) A cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Athos' professional specialty?

2. In what color can a Polish painter Jakob meets not paint?

3. What does Ben picture about Jakob's journals?

4. When are Ben's parents liberated from a concentration camp?

5. What is "Bearing False Witness"?

(see the answer key)

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