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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. In Chapter 7, what does James accuse Owen of doing?
(a) Purposely sabotaging the dig.
(b) Hating him.
(c) Sleeping with Kathryn.
(d) Misleading Volterra.

2. According to Owen in Chapter 5, what has America become?
(a) A god.
(b) A myth.
(c) A bully.
(d) A past empire.

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 5, James says that people love to give Kathryn what?
(a) Greeting cards.
(b) Personal secrets.
(c) Their phone numbers.
(d) Shirts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of his apartment is James at the end of Chapter 3?

2. At the end of Chapter 1, how does James think Kathryn's attitude toward him is changing?

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

4. At dinner in Chapter 3, the expatriates decide that traveling is like collecting what?

5. What country is Volterra likely in, in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Charles Maitland changed of late?

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

3. Why are the Axtons separated?

4. What do Owen and James talk about at the end of Chapter 2?

5. What explanation of the language cult's motives does Vosdanik offer in Chapter 6?

6. Why is Owen uncomfortable talking about the Feast of the Virgin in Chapter 2?

7. Describe Owen Brademas.

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

9. What theories do Kathryn and Owen posit about the killings in Chapter 5?

10. In Chapter 4, what plan does Kathryn have for after her dig ends?

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