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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is uneasy in Lydia's world?
(a) Pascali and Izzet.
(b) Pascali and Bowles.
(c) Pascali and Smith.
(d) Bowles and Izzet.

2. Who is Izzet?
(a) A Greek shipping tycoon.
(b) Lydia's boyfriend.
(c) A spy for the native islanders.
(d) Mahmoud Pasha's assistant.

3. What does Herr Gesing believe about British trade?
(a) That they have blundered their way into wealth.
(b) That they only rival the Americans.
(c) That Britain only opposes politics when it is harming their trade.
(d) That they are less inept than the Turks.

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

5. Who is Herr Gesing?
(a) The heir to the German beer manufacturer.
(b) The cousin to the Sultan through marriage.
(c) A German commercial agent.
(d) A former Nazi.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what predicament do Pascali's thoughts return?

2. What does Pascali realize he loves as he loves the island?

3. Why do the expensive objects in Pasha's home dismay Pascali?

4. Why does Pascali want to travel to Stambul?

5. Of what is the Ottoman empire comprised?

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