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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Duce?
(a) Adolf Hitler.
(b) Duke Ellington.
(c) Benito Mussolini.
(d) Joseph Stalin.

2. What does Pelagia do when she comes up behind Corelli at the table?
(a) Sits down beside him.
(b) Sings in his ear.
(c) Puts her hands over his eyes.
(d) Puts her hand on his shoulder.

3. Who is supporting various Greek resistance groups?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The French.
(d) The British.

4. Captain Corelli leads a group that sings every morning ____________________.
(a) as they march.
(b) as they use the latrines.
(c) as they eat breakfast.
(d) as they do calisthenics.

5. What is "L'Omosessuale"?
(a) Dr. Iannis' book.
(b) Pelagia's journal.
(c) A French restaurant.
(d) Carlo's testimony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the German soldier meet Corelli?

2. Who asks Carlo to deliver a letter to his mother in the event of his death?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe the fighting conditions in Greece?

4. What can Dr Iannis see between Pelagia and Corelli?

5. Why are the festivals in the town subdued?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of the book, and who are the main characters introduced in the first few chapters?

2. How does Carlo describe the fighting conditions in Greece and what does Carlo deliver to Francisco's mother for Francisco?

3. Who is Carlo Piero Guercio and what does the author share about his personal life?

4. What is the content of the message delivered from Mussolini to the Prime Minister of Greece in Chapter 14?

5. Who is Father Arsenios and what event triggers his drunken binge?

6. How does the unlikely friendship between Gunter Weber and Captain Corelli begin?

7. Describe Mandras' experience at war and his struggle to return home to Pelagia.

8. In what ways does Pelagia care for Mandras when he returns from the fighting?

9. Why does Pelagia not recognize Mandras at first when he returns home?

10. What is the content of the pamphlet released in Chapter 35?

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