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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date in the Prologue?
(a) July 23, 1691.
(b) June 8, 1691.
(c) April 12, 1691.
(d) March 4, 1691.

2. In Chapter 13, who does Aaron compare Ester to?
(a) Gluckel.
(b) Horowitz.
(c) Almagor.
(d) Dworkin.

3. What was the date in Chapter 12?
(a) November 1663.
(b) February 1664.
(c) December 1663.
(d) January 1664.

4. In Chapter 20, what did Ester go to get?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Linens.
(c) Food.
(d) Books.

5. How many times was it rumored that Diego da Costa Mendes had gone courting since his wife's death in Chapter 16?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 16, whose name did Ester sign to a letter?

2. In Chapter 16, where did Benjamin HaLevy send Alvaro?

3. What is the date of the letter in Chapter 13 that is a cross-written document?

4. Whose offer of marriage did Ester refuse in Chapter 13?

5. How much time has Aaron spent in the library researching Shakespeare and the Marrano Jews in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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