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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. How tall does the woman who knows Dimitrios say that he is?
(a) 100 centimeters.
(b) 182 centimeters.
(c) Five foot nine.
(d) 200 centimeters.

2. Where were drugs hidden during a French drug bust in 1929?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) A baby carriage.
(c) A hat.
(d) A mattress.

3. What year was the assassination attempt on Stambulisky?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1939.

4. What does the interpreter drink during dinner?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Absinthe.
(c) Beer.
(d) Wine.

5. What is the name of the place where Marukakis and Latimer go to find Irana Preveza?
(a) Wonderbar.
(b) Le Viol de Lucrece.
(c) La Vierge St. Marie.
(d) Torquemada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business does Marukakis suspect was behind the coup d'etat?

2. What is the name of the first detective novel that Latimer wrote?

3. Where did Irana pin her money when Dimitrios first came to her apartment?

4. What is the atmosphere like in the morgue?

5. What kind of gun does Mr. Peters have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peters tell Dimitrios they will give in return for the money? When do they want the money?

2. What did Latimer do for the first fifteen years of his adult life? How did this change?

3. Describe the body the Colonel and Latimer see in the morgue.

4. What secret does Muishkin tell Latimer over dinner? What does he do afterward?

5. What does Peters offer Latimer to drink in his apartment? What does Peters encourage Latimer to do as he tells Latimer his story?

6. Who does Latimer meet when he is in Istanbul? What characteristics does the man have? What does Latimer learn about the man later?

7. As Peters and Latimer wait for the messenger, what car are they looking for? What is the weather like outside? What time is it?

8. When Latimer leaves Irana, what is strange about his hotel room? Who does he find there? What are both of their reactions?

9. What role did Dimitrios have in Grodek's operation in Belgrade? How did this work against Grodek?

10. Where does Latimer meet his contact in Sofia? What is his name? What language does he speak?

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