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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. What is Anand's profession?
(a) Professor.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Composer.
(d) Ambassador.

2. What does James admit to Kathryn as they walk together in Chapter 2?
(a) He fantasizes about her.
(b) He is seeing someone new.
(c) He thinks the dig is a waste.
(d) He is jealous of Owen.

3. In Chapter 5, where is Anand planning to go soon?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) The United States.
(d) Pakistan.

4. Which of the following is a spook-like practice that Rowser takes in his daily life?
(a) He never sits with his back to a door.
(b) He wears gloves all the time.
(c) He never sleeps in the same hotel room twice.
(d) He travels under assumed names.

5. In Chapter 7, where has Owen just returned from?
(a) Mountains in southern Greece.
(b) The Mobi Desert.
(c) An island in the Aegean.
(d) A university in Istanbul.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Vosdanik explains that to the cult of lonely men, words are the vessels of what?

2. Why is James concerned about Tap in Chapter 1?

3. What religious festival do Owen, Kathryn and James discuss in Chapter 2?

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

5. In Chapter 2, what does Owen admit is the only thing he wants to do with his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Rowser's lifestyle strange given his position?

2. How has Charles Maitland changed of late?

3. Why is James ridiculed by his friends in the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. Describe Owen Brademas.

5. Describe Tap Axton.

6. What story does Owen tell about a cave in Chapter 2?

7. Describe the awkward lunch at the beginning of Chapter 7.

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

9. How is Owen haunted by his childhood memories of religion?

10. How is Owen's connection to the cave people addressed in Chapter 4?

(see the answer keys)

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