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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 nationality is Latimer's interpreter?

2. What does La Preveza drink while she talks to Latimer and Marukakis?

3. Where were drugs hidden during a French drug bust in 1929?

4. What color does Dhris say Dimitrios' eyes are?

5. What does Siantos tell Latimer about the man who will help him with Bulgarian politics?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What crime does Colonel Haki read to Latimer, who says it would take courage to perform? What does Colonel Haki say about this?

7. Where do Latimer and Marukakis go to meet Irana Preveza? What type of business is this? How does Latimer feel about it?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Picture Ambler's description of Peters' apartment in Paris. Using thoughtful details, write an essay about the character of Peters from the interior of his apartment.

Essay Topic 2

Visser's plot for revenge on Dimitrios is what brings Peters and Latimer to Paris. What obstacles does Visser run into during his search of Dimitrios? Write an essay on how Visser tracks down Dimitrios, and how Peters conjectures Dimitrios switched identities with Visser.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the role of history in the detective novel. How does history play an important part in the formulation of plot and investigation in the novel? Be sure to use examples.

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