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

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

3. Which of the following is not a named object that Tap and James debate the meaning of in Chapter 1?
(a) A Wellington.
(b) An Ingersoll.
(c) A Chesterfield.
(d) A Mackintosh.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters admits to having never been to a famous monument in Chapter 1?

2. Who else is on the bus that Volterra, James, and Del take in Chapter 6?

3. Why did James decline to work with Northeast Group initially?

4. What location is Owen visiting when he meets the two strange men in the tomb caves?

5. What European city does James Axton have an apartment in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What indication exists in Chapter 1 that relations are strained between James and Kathryn?

2. What plan does Volterra have for his life after film?

3. Describe Owen Brademas.

4. What strange coincidence does James notice at the end of Chapter 6?

5. Describe the tiff that Charles Maitland and James have at the end of Chapter 7.

6. Describe Tap Axton.

7. Describe Kathryn and James' argument in Chapter 5?

8. Why does James Axton like having late-night talks with Owen and Kathryn?

9. What conversation do Eliades and James have at dinner in Chapter 3?

10. What theory about the language cult does James present to Owen in Chapter 7?

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