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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 Conchis say the young woman who will be joining him and Nicholas should be treated?
2. Which of the following is found in the manifesto Nicholas reads?
3. What does Nicholas first think that Conchis may be concealing?
4. What condition does Conchis put on Nicholas' ability to return to the villa?
5. What does the woman who Nicholas believes to be Lily do when he approaches?
Short Essay Questions
1. What decisions did Conchis come to in regard to war and what did this make him determined to do?
2. What does Nicholas read and what is it about?
3. What information does Conchis volunteer to Nicholas?
4. What realization does Nicholas come to in regard to Alison and then about himself?
5. What does Nicholas receive from Maria and what is contained in what he receives?
6. What kind of novel is this novel and how does the narrative structure play into this framework?
7. What happens to Nicholas when he accompanies Demetriades and what does he do about this?
8. What happens between Nicholas and Alison in the hut and what does this lead Nicholas to decide to do?
9. What conclusions did Nicholas draw about what was happening to him at Bourani?
10. What does the main character of this novel learn and how long does he have to gather this information?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the author intend to be the biggest shock to Nicholas in this novel? What does the author intend to be the biggest shock to the reader in this novel? Why do you think so?
Essay Topic 2
Write an analysis of this book based on the consideration the revelation at the novel's conclusion that most all Nicholas experiences is engineered and manipulated by others. Include an examination from beginning of the novel through the end of the novel including specific examples from the text.
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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