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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 the crumbling island seem like a metaphor for to Pascali?
(a) A paradise in hell.
(b) The crumbling Ottoman empire.
(c) The old Roman empire.
(d) The crumbling British empire.

2. Who has recently arrived by boat to the island?
(a) The Sultan.
(b) Anthony Bowles.
(c) Esmeralda Von Trece.
(d) No one has arrived to this God forsaken place in months.

3. What does Pascali note about the fisherman Hassan?
(a) That he goes to secret meetings every Tuesday.
(b) That his daughter is very attractive.
(c) That he seldom brings back a full boat.
(d) That he throws his fishing net perfectly into the water.

4. What does Pascali realize Smith's business must be?
(a) A very expensive type of crab.
(b) Guns for the rebels.
(c) A slaver.
(d) Running drugs.

5. Who needs Pascali's translation services?
(a) Reve.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Bowles.
(d) The Sultan.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Pascali blame the Sultan?

2. Who is Herr Gesing?

3. When hearing about the Sultan's fears, how does Pascali feel?

4. What does Pascali tell Bowles he would not be allowed to do even with a lease?

5. What do the Turks do at the Sanctuary of Artemis?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pascali seem to view the idea of violence in this section?

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

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

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

5. How does the conversation between Lydia and Pascali about the fisherman show that Lydia is lying?

6. What is a theme that predominates this section?

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

8. What is the meaning of the phrase utriusque capex and how can this ability be useful to a spy?

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

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

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