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

2. What was the name of the man Dimitrios supposedly killed in Izmir?

3. What nationality is Latimer's interpreter?

4. Who are Marukakis and Latimer going to see at the end of Chapter 5?

5. Who is the author of the quote that begins the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much money did Peters lend to Visser in order to help him search for Dimitrios? Why did he do this?

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

3. Who helps Latimer find the refugee records of Dimitrios? What name does Latimer find him under?

4. What deal did Dimitrios want to make with Giraud and Peters? How did this inconvenience them?

5. Where does Latimer go in hopes of corroborating some of the facts Peters told him about how he met Dimitrios? What does he find there?

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

7. What does Peters tell Latimer about the French Identification card found with the body in the river? How does he prove this?

8. Where does the identification card from Dimitrios' refugee records say he was born? What crime does it say he committed?

9. What does Latimer contemplate about evil after he agrees to help Peters blackmail Dimitrios? What realization does he come to?

10. How did Dimitrios double-cross Peters and the rest of the crew? Who is the body in the photograph Peters shows Latimer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Grodek's operation in Belgrade is essential to the plot of the novel. How was Dimitrios involved? Who was Grodek's target? Who was Grodek's employer? Write an essay on Grodek's operation in Belgrade, being sure to use details. What do you learn about Dimitrios from Grodek's story?

Essay Topic 2

There are two exchanges between Peters and Latimer in a hotel room. Write an essay comparing and contrasting the two scenes, the one in Sofia and the other in Paris. What has changed between the two characters in these scenes?

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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