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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Looking at the methodology of the cult in Chapter 7, James realizes that the actual murders are what?
(a) Accidental.
(b) Afterthoughts.
(c) Mercy killings.
(d) Suicides.

2. In Istanbul, James marvels that his friends reduce every culture to what?
(a) A hotel room.
(b) An anecdote.
(c) A food staple.
(d) A cultural stereotype.

3. According to James in Chapter 1, what does Kathryn think life should be?
(a) An education.
(b) A struggle.
(c) A dream.
(d) A vacation.

4. What danger do Tap and James encounter when they go hiking in Chapter 5?
(a) A crazy itinerant.
(b) Bees.
(c) Sunstroke.
(d) A thunderstorm.

5. Who is the inspiration for Tap's novel?
(a) Owen Brademas.
(b) Oedipus Rex.
(c) James Axton.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

6. What does James list out in Chapter 1 to annoy Kathryn?
(a) Her affairs.
(b) Her aspirations.
(c) Her faults.
(d) Her grievances.

7. What location is Owen visiting when he meets the two strange men in the tomb caves?
(a) An observatory.
(b) A monastery.
(c) An arena.
(d) A citadel.

8. Who is Del Nearing?
(a) A Sabre tour-guide.
(b) James's lover.
(c) Volterra's translater.
(d) Volterra's assistant.

9. Where does Kathryn accept a job at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) British Columbia.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Cancun.
(d) Wales.

10. At the end of Chapter 1, how does James think Kathryn's attitude toward him is changing?
(a) She is becoming more judgmental.
(b) She is becoming more pitying.
(c) She is becoming more remote.
(d) She is becoming more affectionate.

11. Where does Volterra need to travel to meet a possible cult member in Chapter 6?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Dubai.
(d) Beirut.

12. What scares Owen about religion?
(a) The wars it engenders.
(b) The iconography.
(c) The non-governmental hierarchy.
(d) Masses of people with the same emotion.

13. What item does James buy as soon as he arrives in Amman in Chapter 6?
(a) A phrasebook.
(b) A bottle of sunscreen.
(c) A map.
(d) A copy of the Koran.

14. What city is James in at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Rome.
(c) Athens.
(d) Zagreb.

15. In Chapter 6, why does Volterra think Del should be more awed by their surroundings?
(a) She is high.
(b) She is a Jew.
(c) She has always wanted to visit the Holy Land.
(d) She has never been outside of the States.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, where does Owen think the cave people have gone?

2. In Chapter 1, what does James say is the only thing he can remember in Greek?

3. What does Anand confide to James about Owen in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 4, James marvels that he can barely read the Greek writing on what?

5. What event precipitated the separation of the Axtons?

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