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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of cats does Grodek have?
(a) Calicos.
(b) Black.
(c) Siamese.
(d) Albino.

2. What kind of coffee does Mr. Peters make for Latimer and himself when Latimer visits his apartment?
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) Algerian.
(d) American.

3. Whose face did Dimitrios once spit in during a meeting?
(a) The Grand Duchess.
(b) Vazoff.
(c) Peters.
(d) Visser.

4. What does Peters want Latimer to help him with?
(a) Writing a novel.
(b) Killing Dimitrios.
(c) Blackmailing Dimitrios.
(d) Going to the authorities to confirm Visser's death.

5. After agreeing to Peters' plan to blackmail Dimitrios, what does Latimer contemplate in his own hotel room?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) Evil.
(c) Heaven and Hell.
(d) Blackmail.

6. What color are Dimitrios' eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

7. Who does Latimer say Grodek was employed by?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Poland.
(d) Switzerland.

8. What does Peters say is the art of being successful in life?
(a) The art of war.
(b) The art of swindling people for money.
(c) The art of knowing the people who will be useful.
(d) The art of detective work.

9. What was the name of Peters' partner before Dimitrios came along?
(a) Giraud.
(b) Siantos.
(c) La Preveza.
(d) Grodek.

10. Where does Latimer go to satisfy his feeling of wrongdoing?
(a) His hotel room.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The police station.
(d) Peters' apartment.

11. What drug did Dimitrios and Peters originally begin smuggling together?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Vicodin.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Heroin.

12. How old does Grodek seem to Latimer?
(a) Around 40.
(b) Under 30.
(c) About 60.
(d) About 80.

13. What does Latimer say Grodek's car suggests?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Frugality.
(c) Money.
(d) Poverty.

14. On the night of their meeting with Dimitrios, what does Latimer insist that Peters do?
(a) Forget he ever existed.
(b) Buy him expensive champagne.
(c) Never contact him again.
(d) Visit him in England sometime.

15. At the end of Chapter 12, what does Peters say Dimitrios has become?
(a) The drug smuggling king of France.
(b) A member of the Board of Directors of the Eurasian Credit Trust.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) An assassin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the department Bulic once worked at?

2. What nationality did Grodek pose as while in Belgrade?

3. What do the Turkish authorities use to determine the identity of the man in the river?

4. Who is the letter addressed to that Latimer writes in Chapter 9?

5. Which famous work does Latimer think is part of Dimitrios' philosophy?

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