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

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

3. Where do Nicholas and Alison meet?
(a) Airport.
(b) Hotel.
(c) Coffee shop.
(d) Restaurant.

4. What does Nicholas continue to hear that it appears Conchis does not hear?
(a) Someone calling for Nicholas.
(b) The wind hitting the waves.
(c) Woman's soft singing.
(d) Light, quick footsteps.

5. What has changed in Nicholas' room?
(a) New bed.
(b) New clothing.
(c) New art work.
(d) New reading material.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicholas realize about the telegram from Alison?

2. With whom does Conchis take refuge after he leaves England?

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

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

5. What does Nicholas continue to search for in the bathroom and around the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Nicholas when he accompanies Demetriades and what does he do about this?

2. What happens to Nicholas' interest in Alison and what does she plan on doing because of this?

3. What does the main character of this novel learn and how long does he have to gather this information?

4. What happens between Nicholas and Alison in the hut and what does this lead Nicholas to decide to do?

5. What resolution does Nicholas come to about Conchis and privacy as well as Conchis and Alison?

6. As Nicholas and Conchis are walking back to the house and pass the Poseidon statue, what does Lily admit to Nicholas?

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

8. What does Nicholas read and what is it about?

9. How does Conchis describe the series of events that brought him to where he is today and how does he indicate it has affected him?

10. What does Nicholas think Conchis is doing to him and how does that relate to Levierre and Mitford?

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