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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. How does the congregation react to Orville's inability to speak in tongues in Chapter 14?
(a) They beat him.
(b) The bless him.
(c) They mock him.
(d) They weep.

2. What are James and Ann doing at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Visiting the Acropolis.
(b) Making love.
(c) Packing up his flat.
(d) Saying goodbye to Charles.

3. Who does James spend much of Chapter 13 trying to find?
(a) Ann.
(b) Eliades.
(c) Rowser.
(d) David Keller.

4. Where in Greece does James meet with Ann and Lindsay Keller in Chapter 11?
(a) The British Consul.
(b) The Acropolis.
(c) An Italian restaurant.
(d) Ann's new apartment.

5. Where is Eliades living in Chapter 11?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Bombay.
(c) Athens.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James think of in Chapter 11 as he deals with the passed out Hardeman?

2. What does Charles specifically - and mistakenly - congratulate James for in Chapter 13?

3. What does Owen admit he failed to learn about the cult in Chapter 12?

4. Who is the presumptive writer of Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 10, where does James say he is traveling instead of Kuwait?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about Chapter 14 from the rest of the novel?

2. What does James Axton learn in Bombay early in Chapter 11?

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

4. What point about the murders does Andahl make in Chapter 9?

5. How did Del Nearing and Frank Volterra meet?

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

7. How does Owen experience the murder in Chapter 12?

8. In Chapter 12, why does Owen go to Lake Rajsamand?

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

10. What does Singh say about the desert in Chapter 12?

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