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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was the assassination attempt on Stambulisky?

2. How much money does Latimer pay the interpreter for the files on Dimitrios?

3. What is the name of the mystery novel idea of Colonel Hakis?

4. What is the name of the woman that Marukakis learns of who knew Dimitrios?

5. How tall does the woman who knows Dimitrios say that he is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Peters say is Latimer's next stop in his research of Dimitrios? What does he do to aid in this endeavor?

2. What does Peters want Latimer to help him with? On what two conditions does Latimer agree to go along with Peters' plan?

3. Who was Peters in business with when he first met Dimitrios? What was his first impression of Dimitrios?

4. What is different about the format of Chapter 9? What language does Latimer write in?

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

6. How did Irana first meet Dimitrios? Why is she mad at him now? What is her reaction to the news of his death?

7. What two questions does Dimitrios ask Latimer as he is leaving? Is he satisfied with Latimer's answers?

8. When Latimer first reaches Paris, what kind of research does he do? What does he find out?

9. While Peters is writing in Latimer's hotel room, what does Latimer do? Why does he do this?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Latimer's search to find records of Dimitrios in Smyrna. How is this an example of the theme of detection in the novel? How does Latimer fall short on his role of detective? What character trait does Latimer possess that interferes with his ability to detect?

Essay Topic 2

Think about Peters' relationship with Dimitrios. Write an essay about the business between Dimitrios and Peters, paying special attention to Peters' descriptions of Dimitrios. What were the warning signs that Dimitrios was going to double-cross him?

Essay Topic 3

Think about the character of the Russian Interpreter, Muishkin. Write a compare/contrast essay between the character of Latimer and Muishkin. How is his character an example of the struggle between good and evil in the novel?

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