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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Moraes soliloquize at the beginning of chapter 7?
(a) the reason he is being pursued
(b) the reason for his tale
(c) the fear he has of death
(d) the authentic diversity of India

2. Which of the characters becomes enamored first of Leninism and later of Nehru's Party Congress?
(a) Aires
(b) Camoens
(c) Epifania
(d) Belle

3. How does Moraes say Lambajan lost his leg?
(a) Aurora's driver ran over him
(b) a shark got him swimming in the ocean
(c) Aurora ran over it in her Buick
(d) it was shot off in the war

4. What did Francisco da Gama do to the family chapel?
(a) change it into an office
(b) decorate it Hindu style
(c) change it to a sterile, modernist motif
(d) tear it down and put up a Buddhist temple

5. What are Epifania's last words?
(a) a curse on Aurora
(b) a prayer to St. Francis
(c) a song of praise
(d) a blessing for Aurora

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moraes tell in the interest of full disclosure about his infancy?

2. Who was the doorkeeper of Elephanta, Aurora's estate according to Moraes?

3. What does Aurora call the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth?

4. Besides Aurora's pranks, what convinces Camoens that Belle is haunting the house?

5. With whom does Epifania conspire to gain control of the family business?

(see the answer key)

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