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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. To what does Moraes compare his resting place in the cemetery?
(a) the home of Dracula
(b) the death of Socrates
(c) the home of the undead
(d) the Mount of Olives

2. 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

3. Why is Moraes Zogoiby on the run?
(a) he is leaving his wife
(b) he has embexxled a fortune
(c) he has escaped from prison
(d) he is chased by wolves

4. What was like the largest, hottest dish of curry ever cooked?
(a) the arguments between families
(b) the anger of Epifania
(c) the fire at Spice Mountains
(d) the heatwave that killed the crops

5. How does aurora appear on the outside?
(a) as a shy child
(b) as a noisy troublemaker
(c) as a mentally unballanced child
(d) as the perfect child

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Francisco leave his estate and the Gama Trading Company?

2. What drove a wedge between the between Epifania and her husband and polarized their sons?

3. What do Aurora's pranks make Camoens believe?

4. Which of the characters becomes enamored first of Leninism and later of Nehru's Party Congress?

5. What happens when distant relatives are invited to stay at the da Gama houses?

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