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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nicholas describe the idea of being in Greece?
(a) Taking an almost obsessive hold over him.
(b) His life's greatest desire.
(c) Something he needed to be talked into.
(d) The only option for a future he had open to him.

2. What captivates Nicholas immediately upon his arrival in Greece?
(a) Landscape.
(b) School.
(c) Women.
(d) Architecture.

3. What job is Alison training for?
(a) Bartender.
(b) Writer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Airline stewardess.

4. Which of the following is an inaccurate characterization of Nicholas Urfe?
(a) Published Poet.
(b) Disinterested Teacher.
(c) User of women.
(d) Self-involved child.

5. 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 awkward and shy.
(d) He is too careful and polite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nicholas go after lunch?

2. What does the woman who Nicholas believes to be Lily do when he approaches?

3. How does Conchis explain war to Nicholas?

4. Nicholas' favorite spot on the island is also one that is which of the following?

5. How does Nicholas find Athens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nicholas discover when he is heading to his favorite part of the island on his hike and how does he feel upon this discovery?

2. As Alison and Nicholas walk back toward town, what does Nicholas become more aware of and what does he then tell Alison as a result?

3. What kind of novel is this novel and how does the narrative structure play into this framework?

4. What does Conchis tell Nicholas happened to him after he safely makes it back to England?

5. What decisions did Conchis come to in regard to war and what did this make him determined to do?

6. What relationship did Conchis tell Nicholas about and in what way was he like Conchis?

7. What does Nicholas think about as he lies down and reflects on Conchis and how does Nicholas feel about this?

8. What had changed in the room Nicholas was using when he stayed at Conchis' villa and how was it different?

9. What conclusions did Nicholas draw about what was happening to him at Bourani?

10. How did Conchis describe his time in Word War II and how it affected him?

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