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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Izzet?
(a) A Greek shipping tycoon.
(b) Lydia's boyfriend.
(c) Mahmoud Pasha's assistant.
(d) A spy for the native islanders.

2. What does the sound of bleating sheep mean to Pascali as he is walking?
(a) It reminds him of his childhood.
(b) He knows they will soon be slaughtered for the Sacrifice Festival.
(c) He knows they are being herded to the rebels for food.
(d) He remembers the phrase, "the Lion will lie down with the lamb," from his childhood.

3. How does Pascali think the unity of the Ottoman Empire can be maintained?
(a) Through a heavy military presence in all the countries that make up the Empire.
(b) Through religious conversion.
(c) Unity can only be maintained through non-mobility.
(d) Through granting independence to rebellious nations.

4. What do Lydia and Pascali talk about concerning the boats?
(a) The sinking of two boats this week.
(b) The manufacturing of so many new boats.
(c) The way the boats seem to be changing hands.
(d) The boats' boarding by the garrison.

5. What does Pascali say the Sultan needs?
(a) A new direction for the empire.
(b) A new chatelaine.
(c) An annex for his thoughts.
(d) A moral compass.

6. Why does Pascali want to travel to Stambul?
(a) Because he's never seen the place before.
(b) To seek out Mehmet Bey.
(c) To get off the island and onto firm land.
(d) To throw himself on the mercy of the Sultan.

7. What does Bowles believe Germany should do?
(a) Shoot the Kaiser.
(b) Stop being the aggressors in the Balkans.
(c) Keep their treaty with the Sultan.
(d) Declare their stance on minorities before developing trade.

8. Who does Pascali wonder might be the leak as to his spy activities?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Pasha.
(c) Izzet.
(d) The banker, Pariente.

9. To what does Pascali compare the sea?
(a) To humans, tormented and violent.
(b) To the depths of one's mind that cannot by plumbed.
(c) To the waves of fortune.
(d) To the violence of an assassination.

10. What does the crumbling island seem like a metaphor for to Pascali?
(a) The old Roman empire.
(b) The crumbling British empire.
(c) A paradise in hell.
(d) The crumbling Ottoman empire.

11. What two people does Pascali notice out of the window at Pasha's office who seem to be arguing.
(a) Smith and Lydia.
(b) Pasha and Herr Gesing.
(c) Herr Gesing and Lydia.
(d) Pasha and Lydia.

12. What does Politis say to Pascali when they pass on the street?
(a) That Pascali had better watch his back.
(b) That Pascali did not say hello to him as he passed on his way to dinner.
(c) That Bowles plans to kill Pascali after the negotiations.
(d) That Bowles is an English spy.

13. Why does Bowles need translation services?
(a) To convince Lydia to marry him.
(b) To ask for a building permit.
(c) To convince local authorities to give him an access lease to the grounds where the Sanctuary of Artemis is located.
(d) To ask for permission to build a horse arena.

14. What happens to the statue in the church on festival day?
(a) Statue suddenly falls forward, striking the concrete and beheading itself.
(b) It comes alive and starts healing people.
(c) It is stolen.
(d) It starts talking.

15. Who is Herr Gesing?
(a) The heir to the German beer manufacturer.
(b) The cousin to the Sultan through marriage.
(c) A German commercial agent.
(d) A former Nazi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what areas of Pascali's life is he capable of going both ways (utriusque capex)?

2. What does Bowles say when asked by Izzet if he has the contract with him?

3. What does Pascali think is the reason for Bowles' action?

4. How does a lack of the true effects of lighting cause Lydia's painting to look according to Pascali?

5. Instead of death, with what is Pascali concerned in this section?

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