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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. Which of the following reasons does Anwar posit for not having received email from Issyk-Kulistan?
(a) Military coup.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Public holiday.
(d) Civil unrest.

2. On which of the following charges does Liz note having arrested Anwar prior to the novel?
(a) Internet-banking losses.
(b) Academic fraud.
(c) Internet-advertising fraud.
(d) Internet-banking fraud.

3. Which of the following is noted as MacDonald’s position?
(a) Associate professor.
(b) Visiting assistant professor.
(c) Adjunct instructor.
(d) Permanent lecturer.

4. In the novel, the acronym TMPJ carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Temporoparietal junction.
(b) Thermosetting plastic juice-boxes.
(c) Temporary moratorium on police jurisdictions.
(d) Time-managed police judgements.

5. Which of the following books does the Toymaker note was present when he was living with his uncle Albert?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Quran.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Upanishads.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does Anwar compare the police officer at his mother-in-law’s house?

2. Which of the following percentages does Anwar note as the unemployment rate in Issyk-Kulistan?

3. On which of the following websites is it noted that MacDonald and Anwar are connected?

4. Which of the following does the Toymaker note was the drug tested in his clinical trial?

5. The term “swithering” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Toymaker outfit himself for his date with Dorothy?

2. What does Liz note as the path she will need to take to get Kemal the authorizations he needs to work on Babylon?

3. How does the Gnome characterize the economic scheme of Issyk-Kulistan?

4. What reasons does MacDonald give for disinterest in creating artificial consciousness?

5. How does Anwar characterize the demands of talking to police?

6. What preparations does Dorothy make in her hotel room against a possible teleconference (272)?

7. What reasons does Kemal give for labeling MacDonald a coward?

8. How does Liz compare her police work to priesthood?

9. What reasons does Liz cite for consultants seeking to reduce the presence of police officers in the field?

10. What reasons does Anwar note for pitying his fellow inmates in Saughton (186)?

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