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

2. Why won't Russia, Britain, and France take action against the Ottoman empire?
(a) They cannot ally themselves with each other.
(b) They are too badly outclassed militarily.
(c) None will take action due to their need for trade alliances.
(d) They do not believe the reports about the Armenians.

3. Where do Pascali and Marchant go?
(a) To the mainland.
(b) To Pascali's apartment.
(c) To the church to witness the festival.
(d) To the Sanctuary of Artemis.

4. How does Pascali portray Bowles?
(a) As a wealthy German.
(b) As a world-renowned archeologist.
(c) As a naive Englishman.
(d) As a possible spy.

5. Whose name is spoken softly to Pasha?
(a) Gesing.
(b) Smith.
(c) Pascali.
(d) Bowles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bowles say when asked by Izzet if he has the contract with him?

2. What does Pascali see on the shore line as he passes by?

3. What does Herr Gesing believe about British trade?

4. Who suddenly calls from the next room?

5. What two people does Pascali notice out of the window at Pasha's office who seem to be arguing.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of deceit demonstrated by Bowles during the transaction with Pasha?

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

3. How is Pascali's visit to Lydia a metaphor for the Ottoman Empire?

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

5. What are some of the signs of violence/tension that seem just below the surface in Pascali?

6. What are some signs of the high level of tension present on the island?

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

8. What are some images that seem to suggest the violence that is simmering just below the surface on this island?

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

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

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