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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. What does Herr Gesing believe about British trade?
(a) That they only rival the Americans.
(b) That Britain only opposes politics when it is harming their trade.
(c) That they have blundered their way into wealth.
(d) That they are less inept than the Turks.

2. Of what is Pascali now convinced?
(a) That the newcomer is his half brother he's never met.
(b) That the volcano is definitely about to spew.
(c) That he is about to become very wealthy.
(d) That the villagers know of his spy activities.

3. What is the Sanctuary of Artemis?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) Where the Virgin Mary was supposed to have rested following the death of Christ.
(c) A cave set in the hills behind the city.
(d) A small shrine dedicated to the god Artemis.

4. What is Bowles' reply to Pascali?
(a) He does not plan to dig.
(b) He is not going to have but one other person helping him.
(c) He wouldn't dream of using power equipment at such a sacred site.
(d) He hopes to have a museum at the site eventually and not take anything away.

5. What does Pascali think he has found?
(a) A way to gain Lydia's love.
(b) A way to earn a huge sum of money.
(c) A way to break free of the island.
(d) A way to get Bowles off the island immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What parallel does Pascali see with his report?

2. What could deaths on the island do?

3. What does Pascali believe about the information he gives Bowles in their conversation?

4. Who seems surprised at the number of objects within the room?

5. What does Pascali observe Bowles doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. In continuing his report to the Sultan, what parallels does Pascali note?

2. How might Pascali actually be creating a wall between him and the townspeople and then misinterpreting the townspeople's actions?

3. What seems to suggest that Bowles knows more about the local situation than he pretends?

4. How is the symbolism of the sky and sea used again in this chapter?

5. How does Pascali represent the theme of violence symbolically?

6. What is a theme that predominates this section?

7. Of what does Pascali warn the Sultan, which taken in historical retrospect is "bad advice"?

8. How do Bowles and Pascali view Lydia's painting differently and what surprises Pascali about the way Lydia and Bowles discuss art?

9. What does Lydia report about the Sultan and how does this report impact Pascali?

10. Discuss the theme of jealousy as it particularly applies to Pascali.

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