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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Ben dreads when young?
(a) Hebrew lessons.
(b) Going to school.
(c) Piano lessons.
(d) Attending synagogue.

2. With what does Ben write his parents are obsessed?
(a) Doors.
(b) Guns.
(c) Food.
(d) Information.

3. How does Jakob make a living?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Greek-English translations.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Vineyards.

4. What do Ben and Petra do inside of getting into the bed?
(a) Make love in the sunroom.
(b) Dress and go to dinner.
(c) Make love in the gardens.
(d) Make love on the floor.

5. What opinion does Jakob offer on the issue about which Naomi and Ben are fighting?
(a) He supports Ben.
(b) He supports Naomi.
(c) He has no opinion.
(d) He thinks a compromise is fairly easy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is too weak to come to Idhra?

2. Where does Jakob look through Athos' library?

3. How does Jakob's home influence Jakob?

4. What returns to Michaela when she speaks?

5. What is "No Mortal Foe"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ben say about lightning?

2. How are Jakob's initial days in Greece?

3. How does being in Jakob's house affect Ben?

4. How does Ben find Jakob's study?

5. What is Jakob's work in Greece?

6. What does Ben find in Jakob's study?

7. What does Jakob think about as far as the Nazis' effort to dehumanize the Jews?

8. What does Jakob think about concerning a child?

9. How are Ben's parents described?

10. What are some facets to Naomi?

(see the answer keys)

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