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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of Yacht did Dimitrios have for his trip with Visser?

2. What does Peters say he and Latimer will give Dimitrios in exchange for one million francs?

3. Whose body is in the photograph that Peters shows Latimer?

4. Why does Grodek laugh after he and Latimer toast to detective novels?

5. What does Peters want Latimer to help him with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the role of history in the detective novel. How does history play an important part in the formulation of plot and investigation in the novel? Be sure to use examples.

Essay Topic 2

Think about the character of Wladyslaw Grodek. What influences does Grodek have on Latimer? How is he connected to Dimitrios? Write an essay on the character of Grodek and his involvement in the plot in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

There are two exchanges between Peters and Latimer in a hotel room. Write an essay comparing and contrasting the two scenes, the one in Sofia and the other in Paris. What has changed between the two characters in these scenes?

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