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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rossi give his documents to when he stops his research after his room is ransacked?
(a) Bora.
(b) Rossi.
(c) No one; he leaves them to be found.
(d) An unnamed librarian.

2. What type of business are the narrator and Paul at when Paul continues his story about the dragon book in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) The hotel.
(b) An outdoor café.
(c) An opera house.
(d) An Italian restaurant.

3. In what library does the narrator begin her own research, according to Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) The Oxford library.
(b) The university library in Amsterdam.
(c) Her personal library.
(d) Her father’s library.

4. According to Part One, Chapter 2, what year did Paul’s mentor find the dragon book dated back to?
(a) 1600 or earlier.
(b) It is too old to come up with a conclusive date.
(c) 1700 or earlier.
(d) 1500 or earlier.

5. How long ago did the events in the story occur?
(a) Seventeen years.
(b) Eleven years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Thirty-six years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sense does the narrator get from the glimpse into the letters found in her father’s library?

2. What was Paul’s career when the dragon book came into his possession?

3. In what language were the maps found by Rossi in Istanbul labeled?

4. What does Paul hope to find by carefully reading the packet of information Rossi gave him?

5. What book does the narrator find an old translation of in her father’s library one evening?

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