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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 news does Ann Maitland give James when she has dinner with James in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Her son is getting married.
(b) Hardeman has died.
(c) Charles has a new job.
(d) She is leaving Greece.
2. What is James doing when he hears gunshots in Chapter 13?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Jogging.
(c) Talking to Tap on the phone.
(d) Having lunch.
3. What does Owen admit he failed to learn about the cult in Chapter 12?
(a) Their leader.
(b) Their name.
(c) Their methodology.
(d) Their origins.
4. Where is Eliades living in Chapter 11?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Bombay.
(c) London.
(d) Athens.
5. At the beginning of Chapter 8, James goes into a tavern to ask about what?
(a) Local hotels.
(b) Local archeological digs.
(c) Local rock formations.
(d) Local eateries.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is not a character that James Axton meets in person?
2. Who is the character of Orville Benton based on?
3. Who is shot in Chapter 13?
4. Which of the following characters does not actively search for the cult in the novel?
5. What celestial event is approaching as Owen travels to Rajsamand Lake in Chapter 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Del Nearing and Frank Volterra meet?
2. How has Rowser become more paranoid in Chapter 11?
3. What prank do the Kellers and James try to play on Hardeman in Chapter 11?
4. Where is Volterra in his planning for the cult film at the end of Chapter 8?
5. How does James learn the truth behind the CIA in Chapter 13?
6. How does DeLillo illustrate James' awkward relationship with his landlord in Chapter 10?
7. How does James seduce Janet Ruffing at the end of Chapter 9?
8. What suspicions does James have about Eliades in Chapter 13?
9. In Chapter 8, what does James see in Mani that shakes him up?
10. How is Chapter 14 connected thematically to the rest of the novel?
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