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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. What is Dr. Iannis' demeanor while separately talking to Corelli and Pelagia about their getting married?
(a) Discouraging.
(b) Eager.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.

2. Who terrorizes the islanders after the Germans depart?
(a) Greek resistance members.
(b) Italian resistance members.
(c) French resistance members.
(d) Polish resisitance members.

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

4. Why does Mandras angrily confront Pelagia?
(a) Because he thinks she is a spy.
(b) Because he saw her flirting with men at the cafe.
(c) Because she has been rude to his mother.
(d) Because he heard she was in love with an Italian soldier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antonia name her son?

2. What do two Italian soldiers steal from Kokolis?

3. What happens to Corelli after the dynamite blast?

4. Whose body is buried in the doctor's yard?

5. What does Gunter Weber leave for Pelagia before leaving the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the circumstances in which Corelli and Pelagia part?

2. How does Corelli turn Pelagia's kiss on the cheek into a comedic episode?

3. Who is Antonia and what is Dr. Iannis' condition when he is finally allowed to return home?

4. How is Corelli saved from the execution site and what happens to the bodies of the other Italian soldiers?

5. What do Carlo and Corelli give to Dr. Iannis for safekeeping when they fear that their deaths may be imminent?

6. Who does Antonia marry and what does she ultimately name the child she will have many years later?

7. What are the circumstances in which Iannis gets Corelli's mandolin for lessons?

8. How does Captain Corelli punish the two soldiers who steal chickens from Kokolis?

9. Why are the Italian officers unhappy with their commander, General Grandin?

10. In what ways has the war transformed the priest, Father Arsenios?

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