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

2. Who advises Clemente to forget about Gabriela?
(a) Professor Josué.
(b) Colonel Melk Tavares.
(c) Nacib.
(d) Fagundes.

3. With whom does Mundinho play checkers and backgammon?
(a) Colonel Manuel of the Jaguars.
(b) Nacib.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Jacob the Russian.

4. Where does Tonico Bastos work?
(a) His father's cacao plantation.
(b) An engineering firm in Itabuna.
(c) A hospital in Bahia.
(d) A notary's office in Ilhéus.

5. How does Dona Sinhàzinha's wake differ from Dr. Osmundo's wake?
(a) No one cries at Dr. Osmundo's wake.
(b) There are fewer visitors at Dona Sinhàzinha's wake.
(c) There is a closed casket at Dona Sinhàzinha's wake.
(d) Dona Sinhàzinha's wake takes place the day after Dr. Osmundo's.

Short Answer Questions

1. After speaking to the Dos Reis sisters, where does Nacib begin his search for a cook?

2. Where will Anabela's dance performance take place?

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

4. What are the two leading cabarets in Ilhéus?

5. Jesuíno takes refuge after killing his wife and Osmundo in the house of ______________.

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