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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Desert, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Anand's profession?
(a) Professor.
(b) Composer.
(c) Ambassador.
(d) Accountant.

2. What does Anand confide to James about Owen in Chapter 4?
(a) He has forged his academic credentials.
(b) He is continuing to run the dig to defraud the university of money.
(c) He has had more contact with the cave people than he lets on.
(d) He is sleeping with Kathryn.

3. About what does James needle Kathryn at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Her relationship with Owen.
(b) His feelings for her.
(c) The importance of the dig.
(d) Tap's schooling.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 7, James wonders whether adultery serves what purpose?
(a) Making travel memorable.
(b) Making oneself seem more important.
(c) Making aging stop.
(d) Making marriage bearable.

5. In Istanbul, James marvels that his friends reduce every culture to what?
(a) A cultural stereotype.
(b) A hotel room.
(c) A food staple.
(d) An anecdote.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rowser fixate on as he talks with James in Chapter 11?

2. In Chapter 7, where does Owen intend to go when he leaves Greece?

3. Who joins James and Ann at lunch at the beginning of Chapter 7?

4. Who is Mrs. Helen?

5. What admission does Ann make to James in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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