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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what type of philosophy is the following phrase attributed? "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
(a) Holmesian.
(b) Freudian.
(c) Platonian.
(d) Jungian.

2. Where does Smithbeck's informant ask to meet him?
(a) A Penn Station bathroom.
(b) The airport baggage claim area.
(c) The police station.
(d) In a coffee shop.

3. Where did Pamela expect to begin working?
(a) With her mother's company.
(b) For a local newspaper.
(c) At an AIDS hospice.
(d) At a DNA laboratory.

4. What odor does Smithback detect when following his informant into the small hole?
(a) Wood smoke.
(b) Brick dust.
(c) Raw sewage.
(d) Decomposition.

5. On which floor does Mrs. Wisher live?
(a) Second floor.
(b) Eighteenth floor.
(c) Eleventh floor.
(d) Twentieth floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of literature does Mephisto tell Smithback to read before they meet again?

2. What is the name of the waterway in which Snow goes on his first dive?

3. What is the name for the crime reporter for the Times?

4. What does Mephisto call the territory below Central Park?

5. What do the police believe caused the marks found on Pamela's skeleton?

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