View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At dinner in Chapter 3, the expatriates decide that traveling is like collecting what?
(a) Old sand.
(b) Faded postcards.
(c) New homes.
(d) Dead memories.

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

3. At the end of Chapter 2, why does Owen reason that he won't be able to find his cave-dwellers again?
(a) They can navigate caves with ease.
(b) He is scared to look for them.
(c) They have moved on.
(d) They don't want to be found.

4. What specific problem is Volterra having with his excursions in Chapter 6?
(a) His passport is nearly expired.
(b) He lost his return ticket to the States.
(c) He has no means of transportation.
(d) Local authories don't like him investigating.

5. Why does Charles Maitland get angry at James at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) James leaves early.
(b) James guesses who Ann is sleeping with.
(c) James breaks a lamp.
(d) James makes fun of Charles's baldness.

6. Why is James concerned about Tap in Chapter 1?
(a) He wants Tap to return to the United States.
(b) He is concerned about Tap's refusal to learn Greek.
(c) He does not know where he's attending school in September.
(d) He is concerned Tap is too attached to Owen.

7. In Chapter 6, Vosdanik explains that to the cult of lonely men, words are the vessels of what?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Salvation.
(c) Hell.
(d) Divinity.

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

9. What do the dig's trenches overlap?
(a) A pear orchard.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) A playground.
(d) An olive grove.

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

11. In Chapter 2, James says that Kathryn once attacked him with what household item?
(a) A potato peeler.
(b) A meat tenderizer.
(c) A desk lamp.
(d) A letter opener.

12. What invitation does James extend to Volterra at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) A little cash to hold him over.
(b) A weekend in Italy.
(c) A stay in Athens.
(d) A ride to the train station.

13. What type of church did Owen attend as a child?
(a) Pentecostal.
(b) Anglican.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Unitarian.

14. Why did Owen Brademas promote Kathryn so quickly?
(a) His workers were quitting.
(b) She thinks she is a prodigy.
(c) She was sleeping with him.
(d) She helped him get a book published.

15. Near the end of Chapter 3, David and James discuss unrest in what region?
(a) French Indochina.
(b) The Soviet Bloc of Europe.
(c) Sub-Saharan Africa.
(d) The Middle East.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Helen?

2. Who is Del Nearing?

3. What simple fact of commonality gives Owen comfort in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 1, where does James tell Kathryn he has been doing most of his work?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 7, James wonders whether adultery serves what purpose?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 516 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample