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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Who said that motion its self is an illusion.
(a) Socrates.
(b) Parmenides.
(c) Pascali.
(d) Bowles.

4. What does Lydia notice that delights Pascali?
(a) That he is looking fit.
(b) That his new suit is becoming.
(c) That his haircut is handsome.
(d) That he is losing weight.

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

6. What meetings does Pascali stop attending months ago?
(a) Veterans of Foreign Wars.
(b) The Cabinet.
(c) The Literary Society.
(d) The Commissioners.

7. Of what does Pascali remind the Sultan?
(a) That his monthly salary has not increased in 10 years.
(b) That the rebels have all laid down their arms.
(c) That rebel forces are increasing.
(d) That his last report was two days late.

8. In what areas of Pascali's life is he capable of going both ways (utriusque capex)?
(a) Religion and politics.
(b) Politics and sexuality.
(c) Religion and politics.
(d) Religion and sexuality.

9. What does Pascali say he does to his stories?
(a) Writes them exactly as they happen.
(b) Fabricates them entirely.
(c) Gives as little detail as possible.
(d) Embellishes them.

10. To what does he admit concerning the Turks and Greeks?
(a) Trying to maintain peace between the two.
(b) Trying to set one against the other.
(c) Consorting with both equally.
(d) Disliking both groups.

11. What does Pascali think he has found?
(a) A way to get Bowles off the island immediately.
(b) A way to earn a huge sum of money.
(c) A way to break free of the island.
(d) A way to gain Lydia's love.

12. What is the Sanctuary of Artemis?
(a) Where the Virgin Mary was supposed to have rested following the death of Christ.
(b) A waterfall.
(c) A cave set in the hills behind the city.
(d) A small shrine dedicated to the god Artemis.

13. Who is uneasy in Lydia's world?
(a) Pascali and Smith.
(b) Pascali and Bowles.
(c) Pascali and Izzet.
(d) Bowles and Izzet.

14. What is Pascali's purpose on the island?
(a) To assassinate the current prime minister.
(b) To incite the local population to rebel against Germany.
(c) To set up a puppet government in favor of the Turks.
(d) To monitor the flow of ideas on the island.

15. What does Pascali think about the things Lydia does at the dinner table?
(a) That it is immaculately well mannered.
(b) It's all to impress Bowles.
(c) It's full of faux paus.
(d) That she is erratically inept.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Greeks do at the Sanctuary of Artemis?

2. What does Pascali see on the shore line as he passes by?

3. For how much does Bowles obtain the lease?

4. What parallel does Pascali see with his report?

5. How has Pascali betrayed himself as a spy unintentionally?

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