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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Mountain, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Owen admit is the only thing he wants to do with his life?
(a) Teach in a comfortable university.
(b) Pretend to do work in the trenches.
(c) Sleep all day long.
(d) Read ancient stones.

2. According to Owen in Chapter 5, what has America become?
(a) A myth.
(b) A past empire.
(c) A bully.
(d) A god.

3. In Chapter 7, where does Owen intend to go when he leaves Greece?
(a) Osaka.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Capetown.
(d) Bombay.

4. The second time James goes to the Mani in Chapter 8, who does he learn passed through the area recently?
(a) Two women and a man.
(b) Five men and women.
(c) Three women.
(d) A group of thirty.

5. About what does James needle Kathryn at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The importance of the dig.
(b) Her relationship with Owen.
(c) Tap's schooling.
(d) His feelings for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, James says that Kathryn once attacked him with what household item?

2. What one aspect of Owen's experience are the men of his story interested in?

3. According to James at the beginning of Chapter 2, what does Owen see that others do not?

4. In Chapter 5, what does Volterra talk to Owen about?

5. Why does Charles Maitland get angry at James at the end of Chapter 7?

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