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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Proteus, Chapters 15-19 and Part Three: The Inquisition, Chapters 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What date does the narrator finally reveal as the one foretold to Simon by the fortune teller?
(a) March 5th.
(b) December 20th.
(c) June 21st.
(d) February 19th.

2. When Mira tells Daniel that people need God for the the same reason they need art, what is the reason she states?
(a) Because they provide comfort.
(b) Because they are visually stimulating.
(c) Because they bring communities together.
(d) Because they demonstrate what is possible.

3. What tradition does Gertie refuse to partake in at Saul's funeral?
(a) She refuses to greet the pallbearers.
(b) She refuses to kiss Saul one more time.
(c) She refuses to give the eulogy.
(d) She refuses to slit her clothes above her heart.

4. Who knocks at the door of Klara's hotel suite when she is waiting for one knock from Simon that will tell her to commit suicide and to join him in the afterlife?
(a) Varya.
(b) The housekeeper.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Gertie.

5. What substance is Klara using a great deal of just prior to her suicide?
(a) Barbiturates.
(b) Pain medication.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Cocaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Simon recalls that the fortune teller had never asked for what item?

2. In what year does Simon move out of the Collingswood apartment he shares with Klara?

3. In what month do the Gold siblings visit the fortune teller?

4. Whom does Gertie coddle the most out of all of her children?

5. In what type of venue does Klara NOT perform her act during her early days as a magician?

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