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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. Where do Latimer and the interpreter meet to exchange the documents?
(a) In Latimer's hotel room.
(b) Under a bridge.
(c) In a restaurant.
(d) In a bathroom.

2. What is Dimitrios' last name?
(a) Anrthropolous.
(b) Naryplous.
(c) Makropolous.
(d) Gyropolous.

3. What business does Marukakis suspect was behind the coup d'etat?
(a) The Grand Palace.
(b) The Government.
(c) The Eurasian Credit Trust.
(d) The Police.

4. What does the Frenchman, Chamfort, say that chance is a nickname for?
(a) Providence.
(b) Eternity.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hell.

5. What is Latimer expecting to do when he returns from La Vierge?
(a) Research.
(b) Leave for home.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Write a letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Dimitrios born?

2. What do Latimer and Marukakis drink while they wait for Irana?

3. At what time does it say that Latimer and Marukakis left Irana?

4. What is the name of the Polish contact that Peters gives Latimer?

5. How does the author describe Mr. Peters' eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Latimer go when he leaves Istanbul? Why does he go here?

2. For what three reasons did Latimer become a professional writer?

3. When Dimitrios first walks into the hotel room, what surprises Latimer? What did Latimer expect?

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

5. How does Latimer know without looking that Dimitrios is in Peters' apartment? What does Dimitrios do before Peters has a chance to speak?

6. As Latimer gets closer to his meeting with Dimitrios, what ailment does he suffer from? What does he do next?

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

8. What does Dimitrios offer Latimer to not leave the apartment and get the police? What happens once Latimer leaves?

9. Who hunts Dimitrios once he gets out of prison? Where does he go first looking for Dimitrios?

10. What history is told about the city of Smyrna? Who took ultimate control of the city? What did they do?

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