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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 18, 19, 20 and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Conchis respond when Nicholas asks him about a woman he saw?
(a) He tells him to be patient.
(b) He tells him he was hallucinating.
(c) He tells him it was Lily.
(d) He tells him there are no women in the villa.

2. What does Nicholas say began after he returned to his life at school?
(a) Illness.
(b) Spiritual visits.
(c) Mysteries.
(d) Physical deterioration.

3. How does Nicholas describe the idea of being in Greece?
(a) The only option for a future he had open to him.
(b) His life's greatest desire.
(c) Something he needed to be talked into.
(d) Taking an almost obsessive hold over him.

4. What was one of the first things Conchis and Nicholas did when Nicholas arrived for his weekend visit?
(a) Sit and talk about their life stories.
(b) Take a tour of Conchis' home.
(c) Explore the beach together.
(d) Have lunch in the garden.

5. Which of the following characters owns the villa?
(a) Leverrier.
(b) Demetriades.
(c) Mitford.
(d) Conchis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters is the protagonist of this novel?

2. What does Nicholas think Conchis might be?

3. How does Demetriades appear to spend all of his free time?

4. How does Nicholas react to the smoke he sees coming from the chimney of a house?

5. Which of the following terms best describes how the bedroom Nicholas is using is furnished?

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