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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Pascali compare the sea?
(a) To the depths of one's mind that cannot by plumbed.
(b) To the waves of fortune.
(c) To humans, tormented and violent.
(d) To the violence of an assassination.

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

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

4. What is the Sanctuary of Artemis?
(a) A cave set in the hills behind the city.
(b) Where the Virgin Mary was supposed to have rested following the death of Christ.
(c) A small shrine dedicated to the god Artemis.
(d) A waterfall.

5. How has Mahmoud Pasha been inadvertently contributing to the rebel cause?
(a) Buying up land held by locals for unfair prices.
(b) In enacting harsh laws that make little sense.
(c) By seducing so many of the local women.
(d) Allowing the rebels to use his lands for a low price for supposedly hunting purposes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dranas rude to Pascali?

2. How long has Pascali been a paid informer?

3. Why does Pascali decide to seek out Lydia?

4. What is the overarching emotion that the newcomer exudes?

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

(see the answer key)

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