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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Conchis tell Nicholas he will be conducting the following evening?
(a) Poetry reading.
(b) Musical performance.
(c) Experiment.
(d) Art show.

2. Which of the following does Conchis say about the odds of survival?
(a) They decrease exponentially the longer the battle.
(b) They increase greatly depending on intelligence.
(c) They always result in negative consequences.
(d) They are stacked against those who fight and the societies that insist upon it.

3. What does Nicholas do when he returns to his room instead of preparing to sleep?
(a) Looks at books from the small library.
(b) Heads down to the beach to walk.
(c) Stands by his window and waits.
(d) Searches the house for more women's garments.

4. Why did Conchis join the British army?
(a) Because the woman he loved had also joined.
(b) To overcome his addictions.
(c) To get over the loss of Lily.
(d) To exorcise his sexual nature.

5. How does Nicholas interpret the figure in all black wearing a mask that looks like the head of a jackal?
(a) Representation of Demetriades.
(b) Representation of his fantasies.
(c) Representation of the Egyptian god Anubis.
(d) Representation of yet another Greek god.

6. What was the name of the idealistic group of physicians Conchis joined?
(a) Society for Reason.
(b) Society Against War.
(c) Society to Provide Relief.
(d) Society to Help Others.

7. What kind of habitation does Nicholas notice near the villa?
(a) Bird habitation.
(b) Masculine habitation.
(c) Animal habitation.
(d) Feminine habitation.

8. What does Nicholas continue to hear that it appears Conchis does not hear?
(a) Light, quick footsteps.
(b) Someone calling for Nicholas.
(c) Woman's soft singing.
(d) The wind hitting the waves.

9. What causes Nicholas to flee in a fearful panic after his nap?
(a) Seeing a man who looks like Foulkes and a young girl.
(b) Smelling the smells of a rotting corpse.
(c) Listening to Conchis's war stories.
(d) Hearing noises of a woman walking.

10. What is Conchis' answer to Nicholas when he questions him?
(a) He must believe.
(b) He can leave if he wants.
(c) He must not ask questions.
(d) He must trust Conchis and himself.

11. What sort of people does Conchis hint that Nicholas is?
(a) Open-minded.
(b) Reserved.
(c) Authentic.
(d) Chosen.

12. Which of the following terms describes how Conchis saved his own life and got out of France?
(a) Wounded in action.
(b) Duplicitous means.
(c) Honorably discharged.
(d) Leaving the war without permission.

13. In what language are the words "the waiting room" when Nicholas stumbles across the sign?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Greek.
(d) Italian.

14. What surprises Nicholas when he returns to Conchis' home?
(a) That Conchis is not home.
(b) That Conchis has had contact with Alison.
(c) That the door is answered by a new woman.
(d) That there is no acknowledgement at having seen the mysterious woman.

15. When did Conchis experience the joys of simple sensation?
(a) When he posed as a corpse.
(b) When he was wounded in battle.
(c) When he watched his friends die.
(d) When he returned safely from the battles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Nicholas reveal his feelings to the female visitor?

2. What does Nicholas find in one of the library books in his bedroom?

3. Which of the following is an inaccurate characterization of Nicholas Urfe?

4. How does Conchis respond when Nicholas asks him about a woman he saw?

5. What does Nicholas see in the garden?

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