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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following Chapter 12 characters is grievously ill?
(a) Bern.
(b) Bhajan Lal.
(c) Singh.
(d) Emmerich.

2. Which of the following characters is definitely a member of the cult?
(a) Andahl.
(b) Eliades.
(c) Vosdanik.
(d) Emmerich.

3. According to Andahl in Chapter 9, what were the words on the boulder?
(a) A clue.
(b) A signature.
(c) A manifesto.
(d) A warning.

4. What descriptor does Andahl use to describe the nature of the cult in Chapter 9?
(a) Frenetic.
(b) Amorphous.
(c) Subterranean.
(d) Nonexistent.

5. What puts fear into James as he drives through the Mani in Chapter 8?
(a) A boulder with words on it.
(b) A configuration of logs.
(c) A large hail-storm.
(d) A shadowy figure on the side of the road.

6. What does James think of in Chapter 11 as he deals with the passed out Hardeman?
(a) Springs in New York.
(b) Summer camp in rural Pennsylvania.
(c) Autumn on Kouros.
(d) Canadian winters.

7. Where is Tap Axton living at the end of the novel?
(a) British Columbia.
(b) Lahore.
(c) Athens.
(d) London.

8. In Chapter 9, what positive attribute does Del Nearing mention regarding Volterra?
(a) His artistry.
(b) His loyalty.
(c) His empathy.
(d) His generosity.

9. How does the congregation react to Orville's inability to speak in tongues in Chapter 14?
(a) The bless him.
(b) They mock him.
(c) They beat him.
(d) They weep.

10. Which of the following characters does not actively search for the cult in the novel?
(a) Rowser.
(b) Owen.
(c) James.
(d) Volterra.

11. What are James and Ann doing at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Visiting the Acropolis.
(b) Saying goodbye to Charles.
(c) Packing up his flat.
(d) Making love.

12. What reason does James offer in Chapter 10 for Greece's continued buffeting by stronger powers historically?
(a) Its weak military.
(b) Its central location.
(c) Its isolationism.
(d) Its olive crops.

13. What is the first thing Singh asks Owen in Chapter 12?
(a) Why he is in Hawa Mandir.
(b) How many languages he speaks.
(c) What his name is.
(d) Where he is from.

14. Where in Greece does James meet with Ann and Lindsay Keller in Chapter 11?
(a) The Acropolis.
(b) Ann's new apartment.
(c) An Italian restaurant.
(d) The British Consul.

15. Which of the following is not a character that James Axton meets in person?
(a) Anand Das.
(b) Vosdanik.
(c) Singh.
(d) Del Nearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bodies are with Owen when he is discovered at the end of Chapter 12?

2. What has Eliades been asking Ann Maitland about James in Chapter 10?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 13, how does James decide his son's life in British Columbia must be?

4. In Chapter 8, what does David Keller suggest he and James do in Frankfurt?

5. On what topic does Sigh repeatedly expound in the Chapter 12?

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