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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of business does Drousula open?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Beauty salon.
(c) Bookstore.
(d) Gift shop.

2. What type of thoughts does Corelli have about Pelagia?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Disinterested.
(d) Clinical.

3. What has the German soldier, Gunter Weber, been ordered to do?
(a) Return to Berlin.
(b) Train recruits on the island.
(c) Take the villagers as prisoners.
(d) Execute the Italian soldiers.

4. In what year are the Germans ordered to withdraw from the island?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1945.

5. How does Mandras die?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Beating.
(c) Gunshot wound.
(d) Knife wound.

6. Corelli and the other Italian officers are frustrated with the General because _________________________.
(a) he has denied all three-day passes for his men.
(b) he has not tried to get better food for his men.
(c) he shows no leadership in anticipating potential conflict with the Germans.
(d) he lets his men march in old boots.

7. What kind of meat are Hector and his men roasting over a fire in Chapter 36?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Pork.
(d) Beef.

8. Dr. Iannis tells Corelli that if he marries Pelagia and remains in Greece he will never be successful at _______________.
(a) a military career.
(b) the language.
(c) being a father.
(d) his music.

9. What does Antonia name her son?
(a) Innis.
(b) Adonis.
(c) Stefano.
(d) Theo.

10. What reason does Gunter Weber give his commanding officer for not wanting to carry out the order in #133?
(a) He does not have the support team to do it.
(b) He is not qualified to be in charge.
(c) It is against his religion.
(d) It is against war conventions to kill prisoners of war.

11. What does Corelli give to Dr. Iannis to keep for him during the war?
(a) His photographs.
(b) His journal.
(c) His money.
(d) His mandolin.

12. What does Dr. Iannis give to the British spy?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Gin.
(d) Maps.

13. Hector reads to the men from a book by ________________ while sitting around the campfire.
(a) Lenin.
(b) Homer.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Dickens.

14. Who moves in with Pelagia after Dr. Iannis is taken away for being a Communist?
(a) Dorotea.
(b) Dulcinea.
(c) Drousula.
(d) Dorie.

15. Who does Pelagia ask to help Corelli escape from the island?
(a) Velisarios.
(b) The British spy.
(c) Dr. Iannis.
(d) Gunter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pelagia realizes that Carlo and her father are responsible for writing and distributing _____________________.

2. How old is Antonia when she declares that she wants to get married?

3. What does Pelagia name the baby girl left at the doorstep?

4. What does Corelli do to seem more like a Greek man?

5. Who especially welcomes the priest's dramatic preaching?

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