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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the literary symbolism of Moraes' nailing his passages along his escape route?
(a) Star of David nailed over Jewish doors
(b) Martin Luther's theses on the church door
(c) boards nailed over sensual mosaics
(d) Christ nailed to the corss

2. With whom does Epifania conspire to gain control of the family business?
(a) the foreman at the family business
(b) her current lover
(c) her granddaughter, Aurora
(d) her daughters-in-law, Belle and Carmen

3. What does Aurora do to torment her father and uncle?
(a) paint pictures of them nude
(b) wail like a ghost at night
(c) commit acts of petty theft and vandalism
(d) leave notes on their doors at night

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

5. How did Francisco leave his estate and the Gama Trading Company?
(a) half to his family and half to the nationalist movement
(b) totally to Epifania
(c) to a charity for homeless Indians
(d) equally divided between his two sons

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Moraes Zogoiby on the run?

2. Where is Moraes Zogoiby at the opening of the novel?

3. Why is Moraes estranged from his mother?

4. What is Aurora's goal in all her night time activity?

5. How does aurora appear on the outside?

(see the answer key)

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