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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pascali say the Sultan needs?
(a) A moral compass.
(b) A new direction for the empire.
(c) A new chatelaine.
(d) An annex for his thoughts.

2. What does Pascali think about him and this recent arrival?
(a) That their destinies are intertwined.
(b) That they will inevitably kill each other.
(c) That they may fall in love.
(d) That they are destined never to formally meet.

3. What does the crumbling island seem like a metaphor for to Pascali?
(a) A paradise in hell.
(b) The old Roman empire.
(c) The crumbling Ottoman empire.
(d) The crumbling British empire.

4. Why does Pascali want to travel to Stambul?
(a) To throw himself on the mercy of the Sultan.
(b) To get off the island and onto firm land.
(c) Because he's never seen the place before.
(d) To seek out Mehmet Bey.

5. Why is Dranas rude to Pascali?
(a) Because Dranas is rude to everyone.
(b) Because Dranas says "we know."
(c) There is no obvious reason.
(d) Because Pascali was first rude to Dranas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could deaths on the island do?

2. What parallel does Pascali see with his report?

3. To whom is Pascali writing?

4. Who has recently arrived by boat to the island?

5. How does Pascali think the unity of the Ottoman Empire can be maintained?

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