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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. To what does Volterra attribute the cult killings at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Psychosexual fantasy.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Religious fervor.
(d) Cultural revenge.

2. Who does James spend much of Chapter 13 trying to find?
(a) Ann.
(b) Eliades.
(c) Rowser.
(d) David Keller.

3. Which of the following is not a character that James Axton meets in person?
(a) Del Nearing.
(b) Anand Das.
(c) Vosdanik.
(d) Singh.

4. What puts fear into James as he drives through the Mani in Chapter 8?
(a) A large hail-storm.
(b) A shadowy figure on the side of the road.
(c) A boulder with words on it.
(d) A configuration of logs.

5. What does Owen admit he failed to learn about the cult in Chapter 12?
(a) Their origins.
(b) Their leader.
(c) Their methodology.
(d) Their name.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Tap Axton living at the end of the novel?

2. What holiday is approaching at the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. How does the congregation react to Orville's inability to speak in tongues in Chapter 14?

4. Where in Greece does James meet with Ann and Lindsay Keller in Chapter 11?

5. What almost happens to Volterra in the humorous personal story he tells in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does James Axton learn in Bombay early in Chapter 11?

2. How is Chapter 14 connected thematically to the rest of the novel?

3. How did Del Nearing and Frank Volterra meet?

4. How does DeLillo illustrate James' awkward relationship with his landlord in Chapter 10?

5. How does James follow up on his Mani discovery later in Chapter 8?

6. What unfortunate occurrence happens to David Keller in Chapter 13?

7. What suspicions does James have about Eliades in Chapter 13?

8. Describe the political argument that James and Eliades have in Chapter 10.

9. What does Singh say about the desert in Chapter 12?

10. According to Rowser in Chapter 11, what changes are happening in the Northeast Group.

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