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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was bothering the Padre as he read aloud from the Bible?
(a) the thick quantity of flies crawling on the pages.
(b) his weakened physical condition.
(c) the lack of attention of the people he read to.
(d) his wandering thoughts.

2. What spirit does Fleury believe his century is based upon?
(a) the spirit of the Old Testament.
(b) the spirit of the New Testament.
(c) the spirit of rationalism.
(d) the spirit of science and invention.

3. How does Dr. Dunstaple say cholera is transmitted?
(a) through blood transfusions.
(b) by damp air.
(c) by kissing.
(d) by rice water.

4. The two giant marble busts that Harry dragged to each side of the cannon were of whom?
(a) Shakespeare and Hugo.
(b) Voltaire and Baudelaire.
(c) Plato and Socrates.
(d) Aristotle and Homer.

5. What color were the flags flying in the cantonment in Chapter 25?
(a) white.
(b) red..
(c) black.
(d) Union Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Collector oversleeps in the beginning of Chapter 10 but who made the round of the defenses in his place?

2. Who was Barlow?

3. What do the community members keep with them at all times during the cholera epidemic?

4. Which of the corpses should be buried in a different area than the others?

5. What beliefs does the Padre expound upon?

(see the answer key)

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