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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Nicholas tempted to do to the villa?
(a) Lie in waiting.
(b) Move in and live there.
(c) Vandalize it.
(d) Burn it down.

2. What does Nicholas discover the next morning?
(a) Lily has left the villa.
(b) He has been returned to the school.
(c) Conchis was summoned to Athens.
(d) Conchis is angry with him.

3. What does Nicholas tell Alison he is now prepared to admit?
(a) He can live compassionately.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He is sorry.
(d) He needs to change.

4. What happens as Nicholas is leaving where June and Julie stayed during the masque?
(a) A group of soldiers takes them both away.
(b) Conchis locks Nicholas in with Julie.
(c) Julie is violently grabbed.
(d) June kills Julie.

5. Which of the following characters does Nicholas have a public outburst of anger at?
(a) Julie.
(b) Joe.
(c) Conchis.
(d) Demetriades.

6. What does Nicholas do when he returns to school?
(a) Search for Conchis in Athens.
(b) Research Joe.
(c) Contact Alison.
(d) Write letters to the people mentioned by Julie.

7. Who does June claim has been following her?
(a) Julie.
(b) Conchis.
(c) Alison.
(d) Joe.

8. What is happening, according to Conchis, at the same moment as the fire was destroying the de Doukans' home?
(a) Nygaard's encounter with God.
(b) Nicholas's birth.
(c) Conchis's father's death.
(d) Lily's death.

9. What does June want Nicholas to coax Julie to do?
(a) Tell him everything.
(b) Move in with him.
(c) Sleep with him.
(d) Help her escape.

10. Where does Nicholas stop on his way back to England?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Rome.
(c) Germany.
(d) Athens.

11. What confession does Julie make to Nicholas about when she was younger?
(a) She was raped.
(b) She was married.
(c) She had syphilis.
(d) She was seriously injured.

12. What does Mrs. de Seitas say of Alison?
(a) She has been won over.
(b) She will never be found.
(c) She has been browbeaten.
(d) She is actually dead.

13. What truth does Nicholas believe the experience was meant to teach him about how to live?
(a) He must change his think about women.
(b) He must live with compassion.
(c) He must move out of the country.
(d) He must live without sex.

14. What is the empty litter described as being symbolic of?
(a) The love between a man and a woman.
(b) The outcome of Nicholas's life.
(c) Eternal mother goddess.
(d) Alison's life.

15. Who is observing Julie and Nicholas?
(a) Conchis.
(b) June.
(c) Joe.
(d) Alison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Julie and June stay while the masque was being held?

2. How is Conchis dressed when he meets Nicholas for breakfast?

3. How does the group describe Nicholas' personality?

4. Who does Nicholas meet for lunch?

5. What does Nicholas say he experiences as he walks away?

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