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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lily react to Nicholas' attempt to kiss her?
(a) She slaps his face.
(b) She kisses him back.
(c) She backs away.
(d) She begins to cry.

2. What does Nicholas noticed have disappeared?
(a) Julie, June and Joe.
(b) Maria's clothes.
(c) His bedroom furniture.
(d) Several pieces of art.

3. Why is Nicholas unable to leave?
(a) He is under constant guard.
(b) He is still bound.
(c) He does not wish to leave.
(d) He is still drugged.

4. Why does Julie run away from Nicholas?
(a) It is in the script.
(b) Conchis has ordered it.
(c) She has nervous fear.
(d) She doesn't want anyone to overhear.

5. What does Conchis refer to when confronted by Nicholas?
(a) Alison.
(b) Theatrical masques.
(c) Leverrier and Mitford.
(d) Julie and June.

6. Why does Julie run off away from Nicholas?
(a) She has heard Conchis return.
(b) She needs to go find her sister.
(c) She needs to go get Joe.
(d) She needs to get the next page of her script.

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

8. What happens when Nicholas returns to the house?
(a) Maria gives him a telegram.
(b) Conchis sends him away from the villa.
(c) Joe pushes him to the ground and fights with him.
(d) He is surrounded by men in WWII German uniforms.

9. What does Nicholas find waiting for him when he gets back to school?
(a) An invitation from Conchis.
(b) A pink slip.
(c) A letter from Lily.
(d) A letter from Alison.

10. What is Conchis holding when he appears near the Poseidon statue?
(a) A gun.
(b) A shovel.
(c) A knife.
(d) An axe.

11. What does the man who played Anton tell Nicholas will happen?
(a) He will be forced to participate in the next masque.
(b) He will soon be released.
(c) He is to be killed.
(d) He will be taken before a court and judged.

12. 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) Conchis's father's death.
(c) Lily's death.
(d) Nicholas's birth.

13. Where does Kemp take Nicholas?
(a) To contemplate his life.
(b) To start a new life.
(c) To meet Alison.
(d) To the villa.

14. What does Nicholas tell Julie he wants?
(a) To pretend they have made love.
(b) To plot revenge on Conchis.
(c) To marry her.
(d) To keep up the masque.

15. Who does Nicholas meet for lunch?
(a) Alison.
(b) Leverrier.
(c) Lily.
(d) Mitford.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nicholas ask Conchis about when he follows him into the woods?

2. What information does Nicholas learn about Mrs. de Seitas from the bartender?

3. How is Bourani when Nicholas passes it?

4. What was Nicholas tempted to do to the villa?

5. What does Conchis tell Nicholas will happen after the summer?

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