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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the message from Conchis tell Nicholas?
(a) That Conchis wants him to leave the villa.
(b) That Conchis was called away.
(c) That Nicholas has received a telegram.
(d) That Nicholas should meet Conchis immediately.

2. How does Nicholas feel as he and Alison break up?
(a) Like singing.
(b) Despondent.
(c) Sad but ready for a change.
(d) Relieved.

3. How does Conchis explain Lily's twin sister?
(a) He says he doesn't know what he is talking about.
(b) He says Nicholas created her.
(c) He says she does not exist.
(d) He says that she has a split personality.

4. In what language are the words "the waiting room" when Nicholas stumbles across the sign?
(a) French.
(b) Greek.
(c) English.
(d) Italian.

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

6. Which of the following is an accurate description of the school at which Nicholas finds a job?
(a) It is a private school.
(b) It is an all girl's school.
(c) It is located in Italy.
(d) It is a college.

7. What happens to Lily a few days after Conchis leaves?
(a) She dies.
(b) She is raped.
(c) She leaves.
(d) She becomes a nurse.

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

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

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

11. How does Nicholas interpret the figure in all black wearing a mask that looks like the head of a jackal?
(a) Representation of his fantasies.
(b) Representation of the Egyptian god Anubis.
(c) Representation of Demetriades.
(d) Representation of yet another Greek god.

12. How does Conchis respond when Nicholas apologizes?
(a) He says that he is not offended.
(b) He walks away from Nicholas.
(c) He ignores Nicholas.
(d) He accepts the apology.

13. How does Nicholas feel as he walks back to the school?
(a) As if his life is just beginning.
(b) As if he is looking through a thick fog.
(c) As if he is being punished.
(d) As though he is returning to reality.

14. What does Lily allow Nicholas to do before she leaves him?
(a) Ask her one last question.
(b) Send a message with her to Conchis.
(c) Kiss her on the mouth.
(d) Hypnotize her.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Conchis insist in regard to Nicholas?

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

4. What did Conchis study when he was in Argentina?

5. Which of the following is an inaccurate characterization of Nicholas Urfe?

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