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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 does Conchis ask Nicholas to believe in?
(a) What he has read and seen.
(b) What the women tells him.
(c) What he experiences.
(d) What Conchis tells him.

2. How does Nicholas find Athens?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Surprising.
(c) Unpleasant.
(d) Overwhelming.

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

4. When did Conchis return to Europe?
(a) When the war was over.
(b) When he got word that Lily was killed.
(c) When he finished his education.
(d) When his father died.

5. What does Nicholas realize about the telegram from Alison?
(a) Conchis read it.
(b) He wants to see Alison.
(c) Maria is unhappy bringing it.
(d) Other people know where he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicholas do instead of visiting the villa?

2. What does Nicholas find when he returns to school?

3. What does Nicholas continue to hear that it appears Conchis does not hear?

4. Which of the following best describes the song Nicholas heard when he was going to commit suicide?

5. Which of the following terms best describes Maria as she brings breakfast to Nicholas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Conchis volunteer to Nicholas?

2. How does Alison respond to Nicholas and what realization does he come to after receiving her response?

3. How did Conchis describe his time in Word War II and how it affected him?

4. What conclusions did Nicholas draw about what was happening to him at Bourani?

5. How does Conchis describe the series of events that brought him to where he is today and how does he indicate it has affected him?

6. What kind of novel is this novel and how does the narrative structure play into this framework?

7. What discovery does Nicholas make in Conchis' home and what very specific information about one of the items does Nicholas learn?

8. What happens to Nicholas' interest in Alison and what does she plan on doing because of this?

9. As Alison and Nicholas walk back toward town, what does Nicholas become more aware of and what does he then tell Alison as a result?

10. What relationship did Conchis tell Nicholas about and in what way was he like Conchis?

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