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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 language are the records written in that Latimer wants?

2. When Latimer returns to his room after leaving La Vierge, what is odd about his room?

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

4. Where does Mr. Peters say Latimer's next stop will be?

5. How much money did Dimitrios owe Irana?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of information does Latimer's contact in Sofia give him? How is this connected to Dimitrios?

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

4. What is the name of the man who bunks with Latimer on the train? As Latimer leaves, what does he realize about the man?

5. When Latimer confronts Mr. Peters in his Paris hotel room, what does he threaten him with? What does Peters suggest?

6. When Latimer wakes up after his encounter with Mr. Peters, what is he angry about? What does he think he should have done?

7. What is Latimer afraid of as he waits in the hotel room for Dimitrios? What does Peters suggest?

8. Where does Latimer stay when he arrives in Istanbul? What are the conditions of his lodging place?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the role of women in the detective novel. How are women portrayed in this novel? What strengths do they possess? What weaknesses? Make sure to use strong examples.

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

Mr. Peters is an important character in the novel. How is he an example of the theme of mystery in the novel? Write an essay about the role of Mr. Peters in the novel, being sure to address his place in the spectrum of good and evil in the novel.

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