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

2. What does Pascali believe about humankind?
(a) That humankind prefers destruction to balance.
(b) That humankind prefers to be kind rather than cruel.
(c) That humankind is always wavering on the edge of oblivion.
(d) That humankind is neither kind nor human.

3. Who suddenly calls from the next room?
(a) Mahmoud.
(b) Smith.
(c) Izzet.
(d) Bowles.

4. What is the current environment on the island like?
(a) Laidback and peaceful.
(b) One of spy activities, broken loyalties, and fears of invasion.
(c) Open for new business enterprises.
(d) Optimistic.

5. For how much does Bowles obtain the lease?
(a) Two hundred liras.
(b) Fifty liras.
(c) Twenty liras.
(d) The request for the lease is denied.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pascali think about the things Lydia does at the dinner table?

2. What could deaths on the island do?

3. How does a lack of the true effects of lighting cause Lydia's painting to look according to Pascali?

4. Why won't Russia, Britain, and France take action against the Ottoman empire?

5. What does Pascali say he does to his stories?

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