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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Alison and Nicholas go after they leave the airport?
(a) Parthenon.
(b) To Bourani.
(c) Mount Parnassus and Delphi.
(d) On a trip around the countryside.

2. 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) Taking an almost obsessive hold over him.
(d) Something he needed to be talked into.

3. What does Nicholas resolve not to do?
(a) Be surprised.
(b) Be compliant.
(c) Be fooled.
(d) Be angry.

4. When did conversation between Nicholas and Conchis become particularly difficult?
(a) When Conchis was asked why he invited Nicholas to his home.
(b) When Nicholas was asked why he had come to Greece.
(c) When Conchis was asked about the events in WWII.
(d) When Nicholas was asked if he had any women in his life.

5. How does Conchis say the young woman who will be joining him and Nicholas should be treated?
(a) As though she cannot talk.
(b) As though she is well known to them.
(c) As though she is an amnesiac.
(d) As though she cannot hear.

6. Which of the following characters do the villagers claim never to have seen?
(a) Maria.
(b) Conchis.
(c) Alison.
(d) Lily.

7. How does Conchis explain war to Nicholas?
(a) Young men vowing to take a chance on dying.
(b) Incomprehensible pain with no reward.
(c) Surprises of character and strength.
(d) Candor and surprise mixed with grief and death.

8. Which of the following words best describes how Nicholas slept after seeing who he thought was Lily?
(a) With many dreams.
(b) Well.
(c) Fitful.
(d) He didn't sleep.

9. How does Nicholas find Athens?
(a) Surprising.
(b) Unpleasant.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Overwhelming.

10. How does Nicholas fill his time after he is cured from his disease?
(a) Studying for teaching exams.
(b) Writing poetry.
(c) Visiting bars.
(d) Going out to brothels.

11. How does Alison feel about Nicholas' response?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Angry.
(d) Disappointed.

12. What does Nicholas challenge Lily to admit?
(a) She is not real.
(b) She never died.
(c) She has a twin sister.
(d) Conchis is trying to play tricks on Nicholas.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Lily a few days after Conchis leaves?

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

3. What is Nicholas searching for as this novel opens?

4. Which of the following is not an accurate description Conchis uses as related to Nicholas?

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

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