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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 Gabriela Asleep, Of Food and Funerals, A Parenthetical Story with a Moral, and The Banquet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brought the architect who designed the first modern style house in town to Ilhéus?
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(b) Mundinho Falção.
(c) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(d) Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro.

2. What type of business does Jacob the Russian open in Ilhéus?
(a) A bus company.
(b) A dry goods store.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A cabaret.

3. Where does Mundinho Falção's family live?
(a) Salvador.
(b) Rio de Janeiro.
(c) Minas Gerais.
(d) São Paulo.

4. According to João Fulgêncio, why is Gloria a public utility and a social necessity?
(a) She keeps Colonel Coriolano Ribeiro out of trouble.
(b) She raises the sex life of the community to a higher level.
(c) Her beauty inspires poetry and art.
(d) She gives the spinsters something to talk about.

5. Who is the object of Professor Josué's passionate love?
(a) Celestina.
(b) Malvina.
(c) Florazinha.
(d) Iracema.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which distant ancestor of Dona Sinhàzinha is used to explain her tragic end?

2. What is the inherited property given to Dona Sinhàzinha by her father?

3. What is one reason that Nacib has never married?

4. Whom does Jesuíno hire to defend him in the trial?

5. What does Nacib tell Mundinho that Colonel Ramiro Bastos called him?

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