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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 Pascali believe about humankind?
(a) That humankind prefers to be kind rather than cruel.
(b) That humankind prefers destruction to balance.
(c) That humankind is always wavering on the edge of oblivion.
(d) That humankind is neither kind nor human.

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

3. Of what does Pascali warn the Sultan?
(a) That the volcano will blow soon.
(b) A possible assassination attempt in the near future.
(c) That he has watched the Empire slowly deteriorate.
(d) That the island will likely attempt to get out from under Turkish rule.

4. What does Politis say to Pascali when they pass on the street?
(a) That Bowles plans to kill Pascali after the negotiations.
(b) That Pascali did not say hello to him as he passed on his way to dinner.
(c) That Bowles is an English spy.
(d) That Pascali had better watch his back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pascali think when he sees what is happening on the shoreline?

2. Why does Pascali need new glasses?

3. Whose name is spoken softly to Pasha?

4. Why do the expensive objects in Pasha's home dismay Pascali?

5. According to Lydia, what does the Sultan constantly fear?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the conversation at dinner reveal much about some of the characters?

2. How is the concept of lighting discussed and interpreted by Pascali

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

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

5. What are some clues that Pascali thinks he has inadvertently given as to his status as a spy?

6. What does Bowles ostensibly say is his interest in the Sanctuary of Artemis?

7. What is a theme that predominates this section?

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

9. Why is Pascali very careful about how he describes Bowles to Izzet?

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

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