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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the argument between Flory and her son reveal to the reader?
(a) history of the Jewish people to that day
(b) that the son is consecrated to God
(c) that the Zogoiby family is mortal enemy of da Gama
(d) that the son is illegitimate

2. What is the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth's emotional problem?
(a) his fear of the Jews
(b) his consumming lust for Aurora
(c) his fear of his parishioners
(d) his distrust of Aurora

3. What shadowy figure is alluded to in Chapter 6?
(a) Vasco da Gama
(b) Flory Roary
(c) Vasco Miranda
(d) Laslo Miranda

4. Where does Aurora achieve fame for her artwork and her political activities?
(a) Denares
(b) Calcutta
(c) Bombay
(d) Spain

5. How does Moraes say his mother died?
(a) being poisoned by her servants
(b) falling from her roof onto the rocks below
(c) living to a ripe old age
(d) having a heart attack on her roof

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Moraes refer to the saga of his family?

2. How does Moraes say Aurora became so famous at the Ganesha festival?

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

4. To what does Moraes refer to as the sub-condiment?

5. What is the reader not sure of at this point in chapter four?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the effect of the suicide pill Moor is forced to take half of at the prison?

2. What is unusual about Moor's birth and growth?

3. Why does Moor have trouble getting to Vasco Miranda in Andalusia?

4. After reconciling, what plans do Moor and Abraham make?

5. By August 1939, Aurora is the heiress to the da Gama fortune. Why does she storm into the office of the company?

6. How does Aurora manage to upset the Hindu-Muslim population of India?

7. What has Moraes left on his trail as he sits collecting his breath in the graveyard?

8. Describe the opening of the novel.

9. How does Moor describe the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth, rector of the church?

10. How does Fielding reward Moor, now the Hammer, for his work?

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