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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What worries the sovereign's mother as well as Hoja and the narrator? (from Chapter 8)

Prince Suleyman left Istanbul but threatened to return with an army.

The death of the grand vizier leaves the sultan unprotected.

The wiseacres and sycophants who surround the sultan.

The Imperial Astrologer Sitki Efendi did not foresee the plot against the sovereign.

2.

What distinguishes the scribe from other scribes? (from Preface)

He writes notes and verse in the margins.

His handwriting indicates that he is left-handed.

He leaves little ink spots and stains.

He folds his work into a red marbled folder.

3.

How did the narrator heal the pasha? (from Chapter 1)

He ordered the pasha to stay in bed for two months.

He gave the pasha an excercise regime.

He gave the pasha drugs he found in the hospital.

He gave him lozenges and cough syrup

4.

Where does the narrator go? (from Chapter 7)

Home in Venice.

Edirne.

Aleppo in Syria.

The Heybeli Island.

5.

Why does Hoja refuse to set foot in the palace again unless forced to? (from Chapter 9)

He has grown fat from attending all the festivities at the palace.

He fears he might be murdered on the way to the palace.

European ambassadors want to speak with the Italian.

The mimic's buffoonery humiliates him.

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