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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does he admit concerning the Turks and Greeks?
(a) Trying to maintain peace between the two.
(b) Disliking both groups.
(c) Consorting with both equally.
(d) Trying to set one against the other.

2. To whom is Pascali writing?
(a) The Sultan in Constantinople.
(b) His eldest daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) The Pope.

3. What does Bowles claim to Pasha that he has found?
(a) A letter indicating that someone else owns the land Bowles is leasing.
(b) Objects of great historical and monetary value at the site.
(c) An artifact that is from WWI that proves the Germans did occupy this island.
(d) Numerous human bones.

4. What two people does Pascali notice out of the window at Pasha's office who seem to be arguing.
(a) Smith and Lydia.
(b) Pasha and Herr Gesing.
(c) Pasha and Lydia.
(d) Herr Gesing and Lydia.

5. At the opening of this section, how does Pasha feel about himself?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Good.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Despondent.

6. Who owns the lands where the Sanctuary of Artemis is located?
(a) Mahmoud Pasha.
(b) Lydia.
(c) The Turkish government.
(d) Pascali.

7. Who suddenly calls from the next room?
(a) Mahmoud.
(b) Izzet.
(c) Bowles.
(d) Smith.

8. In what areas of Pascali's life is he capable of going both ways (utriusque capex)?
(a) Religion and politics.
(b) Religion and sexuality.
(c) Religion and politics.
(d) Politics and sexuality.

9. Who is Herr Gesing?
(a) A German commercial agent.
(b) The heir to the German beer manufacturer.
(c) A former Nazi.
(d) The cousin to the Sultan through marriage.

10. What do the Turks do at the Sanctuary of Artemis?
(a) Bring spring water from the site to the ill.
(b) Have a yearly festival.
(c) Burn an effigy of a phoenix to symbolize rebirth.
(d) Have the ill come and immerse in the water.

11. How long has Pascali been a paid informer?
(a) Almost 13 years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) Nearly 20 years.

12. How does a lack of the true effects of lighting cause Lydia's painting to look according to Pascali?
(a) It gives a pastoral glow to the painting that is unreal.
(b) It distorts perspective.
(c) It makes landscapes seem nearly like hallucinations.
(d) It causes unnatural shadows.

13. What does Pascali observe Bowles doing?
(a) Crossing over to climb the rocks on the far shore.
(b) Throwing food to the gulls.
(c) Helping Hassan launch his boat.
(d) Holding Lydia's hand.

14. Instead of death, with what is Pascali concerned in this section?
(a) With making enough money to move to Tahiti.
(b) With being recalled to Constantinople.
(c) With getting Lydia to marry him.
(d) With finding out the truth about Bowles.

15. Who is Zeki Bey?
(a) The newspaper editor.
(b) The city mayor.
(c) The tax collector.
(d) The school headmaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Izzet?

2. What is Pascali's purpose on the island?

3. What does Pascali's salary not allow him?

4. How has Mahmoud Pasha been inadvertently contributing to the rebel cause?

5. What does Pascali note about the fisherman Hassan?

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