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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms best describes how Nicholas feels about his experiences at the school so far?

2. How does Nicholas feel as he and Alison break up?

3. What country does Conchis go to after he leaves England?

4. Which of the following terms describes how Conchis saved his own life and got out of France?

5. What does Nicholas continue to search for in the bathroom and around the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the main character of this novel learn and how long does he have to gather this information?

2. What realization does Nicholas come to in regard to Alison and then about himself?

3. What does Nicholas consider when he realizes that he is a very bad poet and what actually happens?

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

5. What happens to Nicholas when he accompanies Demetriades and what does he do about this?

6. Why does Nicholas say that he will not be able to have sex with her and how does she decide to handle this news?

7. What discussion takes place in regard to the voices heard by Nicholas the night before?

8. What decisions did Conchis come to in regard to war and what did this make him determined to do?

9. While Nicholas is walking back to the school after his weekend with Conchis, what does he feel as though he entered?

10. What does Nicholas do once he returns to school in regards to the villa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the author use foreshadowing within this novel? Which events were foreshadowed? Was the technique successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways were climaxes in this novel matched in narrative with sexual ones within the novel? Do you believe this was the author's intention? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Do you believe Nicholas' actions brought Conchis' game to a predestined conclusion? Why or why not?

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