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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. On Dimitrios' identification card, how is he supposed to have escaped?
2. What is the name of the man on the train with Latimer?
3. What nationality is Latimer's interpreter?
4. What kind of gun does Mr. Peters have?
5. What name do they find Dimitrios under?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Latimer first reaches Paris, what kind of research does he do? What does he find out?
2. Where do Latimer and Marukakis go to meet Irana Preveza? What type of business is this? How does Latimer feel about it?
3. What two questions does Dimitrios ask Latimer as he is leaving? Is he satisfied with Latimer's answers?
4. What crime was Dimitrios a part of in Izmir? Who took the blame for his actions?
5. Why does Grodek laugh during his conversation with Latimer before lunch? What word of advice does he give Latimer?
6. What type of information does Latimer's contact in Sofia give him? How is this connected to Dimitrios?
7. Where does Latimer stay when he arrives in Istanbul? What are the conditions of his lodging place?
8. What important person does Marukakis locate in Sofia? What does this person know about Dimitrios?
9. 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?
10. What is Latimer afraid of as he waits in the hotel room for Dimitrios? What does Peters suggest?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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