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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would happen if Nicholas lost the game of chance Conchis proposed?
(a) He would have to leave the villa.
(b) He would be expelled from the island.
(c) He would have to tell Conchis his secrets.
(d) He would die.

2. What does Nicholas do when he returns to his room instead of preparing to sleep?
(a) Looks at books from the small library.
(b) Searches the house for more women's garments.
(c) Stands by his window and waits.
(d) Heads down to the beach to walk.

3. What does Nicholas think Conchis might be?
(a) Scholar.
(b) Divine being.
(c) Transvestite.
(d) Criminal.

4. What does Alison do when she and Nicholas return to her hotel room?
(a) Their argument turns violent.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She locks him out.
(d) She throws things at him.

5. Which of the following best describes Nicholas' emotionality?
(a) Deep.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Superficial.
(d) Suggestive.

6. Why doesn't Nicholas reveal his feelings to the female visitor?
(a) He is too surprised to see her.
(b) He is too afraid of Conchis's reaction.
(c) He is too awkward and shy.
(d) He is too careful and polite.

7. What does Nicholas find in one of the library books in his bedroom?
(a) A pictorial documentation of the female breast.
(b) The life history of Conchis.
(c) Books about art.
(d) Pictures of various members of the village.

8. What is Nicholas searching for as this novel opens?
(a) A wife.
(b) A job.
(c) His parents.
(d) A teacher.

9. How does Demetriades appear to spend all of his free time?
(a) Secluding himself in his room.
(b) Hanging out with students.
(c) Studying for further exams.
(d) Drinking and visiting brothels.

10. When were the huts at the top of Parnassus abandoned?
(a) Early Greek civilization.
(b) During the rainy season.
(c) End of WWI.
(d) End of WWII.

11. Which of the following is an inaccurate characterization of Nicholas Urfe?
(a) Self-involved child.
(b) Published Poet.
(c) Disinterested Teacher.
(d) User of women.

12. How many English speaking teachers are there at Nicholas' school?
(a) 10.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

13. What conclusion does Nicholas come to about Conchis in this section of the novel?
(a) That he must be mad.
(b) That he cannot be trusted.
(c) That he has special gifts and skills.
(d) That he is hiding the truth from Nicholas.

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

15. Which of the following does Conchis say about the odds of survival?
(a) They decrease exponentially the longer the battle.
(b) They are stacked against those who fight and the societies that insist upon it.
(c) They always result in negative consequences.
(d) They increase greatly depending on intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nicholas reluctant to speak or think about?

2. What does Conchis tell Nicholas he will be conducting the following evening?

3. At the end of this section, where is Nicholas headed?

4. How does Nicholas feel as he and Alison break up?

5. What does Conchis show Nicholas at the end of this section?

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