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A Dangerous Fortune | Quiz

Ken Follett
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A Dangerous Fortune | Quiz

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1)

In Part 1, Chapter 5, who has posted a message in Lloyd's Weekly News for Maisie? (from Part 1, Chapter 5)

Solly.
Hugh.
Her mother and father.
Danny, her brother.
2)

What hope does Hugh have if the Silva's faction wins the revolution? (from Part 3, Chapter 4)

Edward will be completely ruined.
The Cordovan government may repay the loans.
Micky will be gone from his life forever.
Augusta will be gone from his life forever.
3)

How much time passes before Hugh returns to London at the beginning of Part 2? (from Part 2, Chapter 1)

Six years.
Two years.
Ten years.
Five years.
4)

What is the conversation about during tea in Part I, Chapter 5? (from Part 1, Chapter 5)

Hugh.
Seth's health.
Joseph's new appointment at the bank.
The financial crisis.
5)

What does Danny come to tell Maisie in Part 2, Chapter 1? (from Part 2, Chapter 1)

That he needs her to give him money.
That she should not keep company with Hugh.
That a bank has ruined him again.
That her mother is ill again.
6)

Why can't Maisie walk the half mile to the dinner party in Part 2, Chapter 3? (from Part 2, Chapter 3)

Her ankle is swollen.
Her gown is too elaborate.
Women of her situation don't walk.
Solly will not allow her.
7)

Why does Tonio come back to London in Part 2, Chapter 4? (from Part 3, Chapter 4)

To kill Micky.
To warn Hugh of Micky's murderous family.
To take his job back.
To sway the Prime Minister to back President Garcia.
8)

Why is Augusta in a wheelchair in the Epilogue? (from Epilogue)

She fell trying to jump onto the ship as it moved out of the pier.
Micky beat her.
She hurt her back throwing Micky overboard.
She fell down her stairs trying to get her trunk out of the house.
9)

What is Tonio's plan to ruin the Mirandas' plan? (from Part 2, Chapter 2)

Personally convince the bank not to lend them money.
Purchase guns to start a war against them.
Blackmail the Mirandas.
Run an editorial explaining the condition in the mines.
10)

What proposition does Hugh bring to the family bankers at the beginning of Part 2? (from Part 2, Chapter 1)

To invest in Cordova.
To buy a railroad in America.
To merge with a bank in New York.
To merge with a stockbroker house in New York.
11)

In Part 3, how does Nora treat her children? (from Part 3, Chapter 1)

She ignores them.
Well, but not warmly.
With love and affection.
With irritability.
12)

What does Augusta ask Fortescue to do to help get Joseph the peerage? (from Part 2, Chapter 3)

Remind the prime minister that Joseph is a safe alternative.
Advise Lady Morte to do as Augusta asks.
Remind the prime minister that Ben is Jewish.
Advise Hobbes to do as Augusta asks.
13)

Joseph promises Edward partnership at the bank when what happens? (from Part 2, Chapter 1)

Edward brings in new accounts.
Edward marries.
Edward becomes friendly with Hugh.
Edward stops hanging out with Micky.
14)

What do the partners want from Edward after the money crisis is discovered? (from Part 3, Chapter 2)

His resignation.
His dignity.
A written apology.
Money.
15)

How does Micky kill Seth? (from Part 1, Chapter 5)

He stabs him.
He frightens him into a heart attack.
He poisons him.
He suffocates him with his pillow.
16)

What does Hugh learn in his conversation with Ben in Part 2, Chapter 5? (from Part 2, Chapter 5)

Bertie is his son.
Ben believes Solly was murdered.
Solly did not know Bertie was not his.
Solly did not know Maisie was poor.
17)

Who does Hugh believe is behind the fraud at the bank in Part 3? (from Part 3, Chapter 2)

Simon.
Augusta.
Edward.
Micky.
18)

Where does Hugh find Tonio in Part 2, Chapter 4? (from Part 2, Chapter 4)

At the docks.
In a warehouse.
In a public hospital.
In a rundown hotel.
19)

What does Hugh think about telling Ben in Part 3, Chapter 3? (from Part 3, Chapter 3)

That Solly never loved his father.
That Micky killed Solly.
That Ben is a mean old man.
That Bertie is Hugh's son.
20)

Where do Edward and Augusta spend the rest of Edward's life? (from Epilogue)

Jail.
The south of France.
Cordova.
Lima, Peru.
21)

What does Solly suggest to Hugh about Nora in Part 2, Chapter 2? (from Part 2, Chapter 2)

Get her pregnant.
Send her away.
Get rid of her.
Have Maisie teach her the ways of society.
22)

Why does Micky follow Solly from the club after he argues with Edward? (from Part 2, Chapter 5)

He wants to explain that poor people will suffer if he pulls the loan.
He wants to frighten him into giving him the loan.
He wants to rat out Edward.
He plans on killing him.
23)

To whom does Maisie take Emily to find answers to her questions that she poses at the afternoon tea? (from Part 2, Chapter 3)

Rachel.
Augusta.
April.
Nellie.
24)

What news does Nora give Hugh in Part 2, Chapter 5 that stops Hugh from making a major decision about his future? (from Part 2, Chapter 5)

She knows Bertie is his.
She wants to leave him.
She is pregnant.
She threatens Maisie if Hugh should leave her.
25)

Why is Papa so angry with Micky in Part 1, Chapter 5? (from Part 1, Chapter 5)

He still has not gotten Papa his loan.
Micky calls Papa a barbarian.
Micky does not want Papa to wage war in Cordova.
Micky does not want to back to Cordova.
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