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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Izzet say he knows about Bowles?
(a) That Bowles has a wife arriving on the next boat.
(b) That Bowles used to work for Scotland Yard.
(c) That Bowles does have an advance degree in archeology.
(d) That Bowles and Smith are associated.

2. What kind of image does Pascali think Bowles projects?
(a) A dedicated amatuer scientist.
(b) One of decency, morality, and ethics.
(c) A sophisticated, yet jaded, businessman.
(d) A bit of a fop.

3. How does Pascali view Bowles after the meeting with Izzet?
(a) As a scoundrel.
(b) As more honest than Pascali had thought.
(c) As a threat to Pascali's position on the island.
(d) He is afraid of Bowles but in awe of Bowles' talents.

4. How much does Pascali ask for keeping Bowles' secret?
(a) 200 liras.
(b) 500 liras.
(c) 75 liras.
(d) 150 liras.

5. What goes wrong with the meeting?
(a) Bowles brings English soldiers.
(b) Bowles does not show.
(c) Pascali is not there to translate.
(d) Izzet does not show.

6. What does Izzet tell Pascali?
(a) That Bowles is a scoundrel.
(b) That Pascali will not live through this if it does not work out.
(c) That Pasha is not a patient man.
(d) That Bowles must be eliminated.

7. What does Pascali know about Izzet and Pasha regarding payment?
(a) They have no choice but to pay the 700 lira that Bowles demands.
(b) They do not have that much money.
(c) They do not know they are being blackmailed.
(d) They do not care if they lose such a small sum of money.

8. What does Bowles demand?
(a) For Pasha to meet with him instead of Izzet.
(b) The removal of the soldiers from the evacuation site.
(c) For Pascali to be arrested for extortion.
(d) More money.

9. Who does Pascali meet in the hotel lobby?
(a) Pasha.
(b) Izzet.
(c) The Frenchman Chaudan.
(d) Lydia.

10. Why does Pascali visit Dr. Hogan?
(a) To relate to someone who is honest.
(b) Because his eyesight is getting worse.
(c) To get a shot and information.
(d) Pascali needs a kind conversation and information.

11. What does Pascali take from Bowles' room?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A gold ring from the excavation site.
(c) Bowles' journal.
(d) A plate of olives.

12. How much does Izzet then offer?
(a) 700 liras, which is what Bowles initially asks for.
(b) 600 lira, 50 of which will pay Bowles for his time already spent.
(c) Nothing.
(d) 800 liras.

13. Why does Bowles want a few more days at the site?
(a) To hide his activities.
(b) To plunder the artifacts more.
(c) To make a few more sketches.
(d) To make his getaway on Smith's boat.

14. What does Pascali think the men he is leading are going to do?
(a) He is not sure.
(b) Kill Bowles and capture Smith.
(c) Capture Smith and Bowles.
(d) Kill Bowles and his men.

15. What does Bowles believe about Greek statues?
(a) That Greek statues have been secretly disseminated throughout the world.
(b) That Greek statues are a dime a dozen.
(c) That Greek statues are a metaphor for civilization.
(d) That Greek statues symbolize all human affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pascali depressed and anguished?

2. How is Bowles killed?

3. What does Pascali find when he returns home?

4. What does Hogan think "terra rossa" means?

5. Upon whose head is the responsibility for this situation?

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