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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alison respond to Nicholas' confession about Bourani?

2. What country does Conchis go to after he leaves England?

3. How does Nicholas fill his time after he is cured from his disease?

4. What does the message from Conchis tell Nicholas?

5. Which of the following characters owns the villa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shocks Nicholas when he is looking around the music room?

2. How does Alison respond to Nicholas and what realization does he come to after receiving her response?

3. What happens when Nicholas tells Conchis that he believes he contracted syphilis?

4. Why does Nicholas say that he will not be able to have sex with her and how does she decide to handle this news?

5. What does Nicholas receive from Maria and what is contained in what he receives?

6. Who does Nicholas contact via letter and what does he hope to happen because of the letter?

7. What discussion takes place in regard to the voices heard by Nicholas the night before?

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

9. 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?

10. What does Nicholas consider when he realizes that he is a very bad poet and what actually happens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you believe the author referred to the villa as "the waiting room?" Do you believe it is an accurate term? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think so many men fell for Conchis' ploys? Do you think this could happen in real-life? Do you think people are that gullible? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What events within the novel break down Nicholas' pre-conceptions about himself? What new preconceptions does this lead to? Why do you think this?

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