2. What did Nicholas ask Conchis if he would agree to?
(a) To ask no questions.
(b) To provide him with no women.
(c) To keep their conversation superficial.
(d) To allow him to move to the villa.

3. Where do Nicholas and Alison meet?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Coffee shop.
(c) Airport.
(d) Hotel.

4. Which of the following is found in the manifesto Nicholas reads?
(a) It is necessary to be at one with nature.
(b) Life is all an illusion.
(c) It is possible to communicate with other life forms.
(d) Without reason, life is meaningless.

5. What does Nicholas continue to search for in the bathroom and around the house?
(a) More pieces of art.
(b) Signs of femininity.
(c) Hidden passageways.
(d) Journals or other indications of past memories.

6. What does Conchis use to distract Lily?
(a) Helping to reconstruct a garden wall.
(b) Talking about the telegram.
(c) Hypnotizing Nicholas.
(d) Making tea.

7. How does Nicholas pass the time before dinner?
(a) Exploring his bedroom.
(b) Looking around the music room.
(c) Searching for the owner of the glove.
(d) Walking on the beach.

8. What does Nicholas realize about the telegram from Alison?
(a) Conchis read it.
(b) Other people know where he is.
(c) Maria is unhappy bringing it.
(d) He wants to see Alison.

9. What sort of people does Conchis hint that Nicholas is?
(a) Chosen.
(b) Authentic.
(c) Open-minded.
(d) Reserved.

10. What do Nicholas and Lily encounter as they walk back to the house?
(a) Statue of Apollo.
(b) Statue o f Athena.
(c) Statue of Anubis.
(d) Statue of Poseidon.

11. Why did Conchis join the British army?
(a) Because the woman he loved had also joined.
(b) To exorcise his sexual nature.
(c) To get over the loss of Lily.
(d) To overcome his addictions.

12. Which of the following is the best definition of the term banteringly as used in the following sentence: Nicholas and Alison speak banteringly of their love for each other.
(a) Mockingly.
(b) Teasingly.
(c) Surprisingly.
(d) Repartee.

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

14. Where does Nicholas go after he leaves the school on the morning of his return?
(a) To walk on the beach.
(b) Directly to the villa.
(c) Fishing huts on the coast.
(d) To meet Alison.

15. Where does Conchis take Nicholas on a tour?
(a) Garden.
(b) Reef.
(c) Town.
(d) Villa.