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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mandras' response when Dr. Iannis asks him if he intends to marry Pelagia?
(a) He is not in love with her yet.
(b) He has already asked her.
(c) He is waiting to see what happens with the war.
(d) He is not sure she will have him.

2. What is distressing for Pelagia after Mandras goes to war?
(a) He has been injured in battle.
(b) He is a prisoner of war.
(c) He has been very ill.
(d) He does not respond to her letters.

3. Dr. Iannis struggles to write a book about ___________________.
(a) his medical practice.
(b) the history of Cephallonia.
(c) Greek myths and legends.
(d) his daughter.

4. Why does the man in #18 want to be deaf again?
(a) He can hear how his wife sings off key.
(b) He can hear the dogs barking at night keeping him awake.
(c) He can hear his wife's nagging too clearly now.
(d) He can hear the pounding of the waves against the rocks.

5. Why is Pelagia startled when she arrives home one day?
(a) A horse has wandered inside.
(b) There are quarantine signs posted.
(c) A crazed-looking man is sitting there.
(d) The door is bolted shut.

6. Mandras has periods of ______________________ upon his return home.
(a) unresponsiveness.
(b) euphoria.
(c) confusion.
(d) depression.

7. What secret does Carlo Piero Guercio write about in his confession?
(a) His thefts.
(b) His crime of murder.
(c) His homosexuality.
(d) His illegitimacy.

8. Where does Francisco die?
(a) In a forest.
(b) In a military hospital.
(c) In a meadow.
(d) In a muddy trench.

9. Which of the following does Carlo NOT tell Francisco's mother about Francisco's death?
(a) Francisco was shot through the heart.
(b) Francisco stepped on a land mine.
(c) Francisco died on a bright day.
(d) Francisco whispered his mother's name as he died.

10. What has Dr. Iannis told Mandras that worries Pelagia?
(a) That she has less education than he said.
(b) That she is younger than she really is.
(c) That she will have no dowry.
(d) That she is healthier than she really is.

11. Who is the patron saint of the island of Cephallonia?
(a) St. Sebastian.
(b) St. Theodoros.
(c) St. Anne.
(d) St. Gerasimos.

12. What demeanor does Pelagia have around Captain Corelli?
(a) Brusque.
(b) Besotted.
(c) Interested.
(d) Intrigued.

13. What had Mandras carried with him as he made his way home from war?
(a) Pelagia's letters.
(b) A flag.
(c) A flask.
(d) A map.

14. Mandras joins a group of young men who are ___________________.
(a) Students.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Communists.
(d) Sailors.

15. Where does Dr. Iannis find the priest passed out in a pool of his own urine and vomit?
(a) At his office door.
(b) In the town square.
(c) At the church door.
(d) Behind a screen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on April 30, 1941?

2. Who is supporting various Greek resistance groups?

3. What does Corelli ask of Dr. Iannis?

4. What is the reason Mandras does not reply to Pelagia's letters?

5. Who is the leader of the group of thugs which Mandras joins?

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