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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Second Chapter: The Loneliness of Gloria, Sections titled Of Temptation at the Window, Of the Cruel Law, Of Black Stockings, and Of the Law of Concubines.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the modern style house that is the subject of discussion among the intelligentsia at the Model Stationery Store?
(a) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.
(b) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(c) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

2. Who objects to Anabela the ballerina's performance on grounds of morality?
(a) The Doctor.
(b) Nacib.
(c) Diogenes.
(d) Mundinho Falção.

3. Who is Jacob the Russian's partner?
(a) Moacir Estrêla.
(b) The Doctor.
(c) Mundinho Falção
(d) Nacib.

4. What project does Clóvis Costa present to the Colonel, only to be rejected?
(a) Building a new athletic field.
(b) Establishing a daily newspaper.
(c) Landscaping the parks.
(d) Opening a new hospital.

5. Why does Mundinho leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Ilhéus initially?
(a) He is sickly and needs a change of climate.
(b) He needs to make money to support his widowed mother.
(c) He is in love with Madeline, his brother's wife.
(d) He owes money for gambling debts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the object of Professor Josué's passionate love?

2. How do the Dos Reis sisters support themselves financially?

3. What adjective is used to describe Chico?

4. Where do the female gossips gather in Ilhéus?

5. With whom does Mundinho play checkers and backgammon?

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