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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. According to Lydia, what does the Sultan constantly fear?
(a) Disease.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Assassination.
(d) His home guard.
2. What does Pascali observe Bowles doing?
(a) Throwing food to the gulls.
(b) Crossing over to climb the rocks on the far shore.
(c) Helping Hassan launch his boat.
(d) Holding Lydia's hand.
3. What is Bowles' reply to Pascali?
(a) He hopes to have a museum at the site eventually and not take anything away.
(b) He is not going to have but one other person helping him.
(c) He wouldn't dream of using power equipment at such a sacred site.
(d) He does not plan to dig.
4. What does Pascali see about the papers on the desk?
(a) There is a letter from the Sultan.
(b) A bank draft from the Ottoman National Bank.
(c) Two letters addressed to Bowles.
(d) He finds a reference from a Germany company, Mannfeldt, and a map marked in red that includes the area Bowles is researching with the words "terra rossa."
5. What does Pascali say the Sultan needs?
(a) An annex for his thoughts.
(b) A moral compass.
(c) A new chatelaine.
(d) A new direction for the empire.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is too smart to get caught red-handed?
2. What does Pascali think of what Bowles is saying about finding artifacts at the site?
3. Of what does Pascali warn the Sultan?
4. Of what is the Ottoman empire comprised?
5. Why does Pascali need new glasses?
Short Essay Questions
1. Of what do you think the discussion of morality and self-preservation might be symbolic?
2. How is Pascali's visit to Lydia a metaphor for the Ottoman Empire?
3. How do Bowles and Pascali view Lydia's painting differently and what surprises Pascali about the way Lydia and Bowles discuss art?
4. How is the concept of lighting discussed and interpreted by Pascali
5. How does the conversation at dinner reveal much about some of the characters?
6. What are some images that seem to suggest the violence that is simmering just below the surface on this island?
7. What are some of the signs of violence/tension that seem just below the surface in Pascali?
8. How does Pascali represent the theme of violence symbolically?
9. How does the conversation between Lydia and Pascali about the fisherman show that Lydia is lying?
10. What is ironic about Pasha buying land from the locals?
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