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

2. What has Eliades been asking Ann Maitland about James in Chapter 10?
(a) His work.
(b) His sexuality.
(c) His family.
(d) His politics.

3. Whom does James tell he is resigning in Chapter 13?
(a) Mrs. Helen.
(b) Charles.
(c) Rowser.
(d) Kathryn.

4. In Chapter 13, what does James admit to Lindsay Keller that he has never done?
(a) Given himself to someone.
(b) Punched another person.
(c) Been to Paris.
(d) Liked himself.

5. What news does Ann Maitland give James when she has dinner with James in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Charles has a new job.
(b) She is leaving Greece.
(c) Her son is getting married.
(d) Hardeman has died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads James to Owen's place in Lahore at the beginning of Chapter 12?

2. What are James and Ann doing at the end of Chapter 13?

3. What is Janet Ruffing doing when James decides to sleep with her in Chapter 9?

4. In Chapter 9, what medium does Volterra say would be best for telling the cult's story?

5. In Chapter 13, Charles tells James that the Northeast Group has been giving intelligence to what group?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does James learn the truth behind the CIA in Chapter 13?

2. According to Rowser in Chapter 11, what changes are happening in the Northeast Group.

3. Where is Volterra in his planning for the cult film at the end of Chapter 8?

4. What unfortunate occurrence happens to David Keller in Chapter 13?

5. How does James find a new sense of comfortable stasis at the end of the novel?

6. In Chapter 8, what does James see in Mani that shakes him up?

7. How is Chapter 14 connected thematically to the rest of the novel?

8. How has Rowser become more paranoid in Chapter 11?

9. How does Owen look in Chapter 12?

10. How does DeLillo illustrate James' awkward relationship with his landlord in Chapter 10?

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