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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. How does Pascali think the unity of the Ottoman Empire can be maintained?
(a) Through religious conversion.
(b) Through granting independence to rebellious nations.
(c) Through a heavy military presence in all the countries that make up the Empire.
(d) Unity can only be maintained through non-mobility.

2. What meetings does Pascali stop attending months ago?
(a) Veterans of Foreign Wars.
(b) The Commissioners.
(c) The Cabinet.
(d) The Literary Society.

3. Who is too smart to get caught red-handed?
(a) Smith, the fisherman.
(b) Pascali.
(c) Izzet.
(d) Bowles.

4. For how much does Bowles obtain the lease?
(a) Two hundred liras.
(b) Twenty liras.
(c) The request for the lease is denied.
(d) Fifty liras.

5. With whom does Pascali notice Bowles having a growing relationship?
(a) The lone polizi on the island.
(b) Denars.
(c) The bartender.
(d) Lydia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a lack of the true effects of lighting cause Lydia's painting to look according to Pascali?

2. What does Pascali think about the things Lydia does at the dinner table?

3. What is the motivating factor in Izzet agreeing to meet with Bowles?

4. Who does Pascali follow?

5. Who does Pascali wonder might be the leak as to his spy activities?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is a theme that predominates this section?

4. What historical event is introduced in this section and how is it linked symbolically to the major plot?

5. Of what does the fact that Bowles is walking and talking with Pascali in public remind Pascali?

6. Give a brief analysis of the character of Pascali.

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

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

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

10. If you were receiving Pascali's spy reports, how would you treat them?

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