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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aurora treat Abraham?
(a) she is indifferent and uncaring
(b) she is dominating and abusing
(c) she is meek and gentle
(d) she is subservient and loving

2. What do the British authorities do to Camoens and Aires?
(a) arrest them for treason
(b) sentence them to 15 years in prison
(c) fine them for the fire
(d) exile them to Spain

3. What exists in a Benengeli village on a hill?
(a) a cave of buried treasure
(b) a lighthouse for ships
(c) a shrine to St. Helena
(d) Vasco Miranda's fortress

4. What does Moraes call the Black Gold of Malabar?
(a) onyx
(b) ebony
(c) oil
(d) pepper

5. Who succeeds in rousing the rabble of Cochin against the unorthodox couple?
(a) Aires
(b) D'Aeth
(c) Flory
(d) Vasco Miranda

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the people of Bombay regard Aurora da Gama?

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

3. Why is Moraes Zogoiby on the run?

4. To what does Moraes compare his resting place in the cemetery?

5. Who is Flory Zogoiby's husband and father of her child?

(see the answer key)

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