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

Short Answer Questions

1. Frank is used to human warmth, from his Russian work contacts and even his servants, but all Dolly gives him is what?

2. When Frank pays Lisa, he also gives her internal passport so she can say what?

3. During their walk, Charlie suggests to Frank he return where with his children?

4. What does Tvyordor tell Frank he plans to do with his tools?

5. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bernov, Frank's new cost accountant, offers ideas that would increase profitability, but that would what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Frank so concerned that the break-in to Reid Press might become a major security matter, when he had considered taking the police with him to investigate the night before? How skillful is Frank in preventing the burglary from escalating to that level? What are Frank's aims?

Essay Topic 2

What background regarding Nellie does the reader gain in Chapter 3? Where does Frank meet her? Describe her unique personality. How does she approach life? What are examples of this?

Essay Topic 3

Penelope Fitzgerald displays Frank as a thoughtful and caring manager in Chapter 5. Yet it is in that very chapter that he lets Korobyev go. Is this not a contradiction? What does Frank tell Agafya, the tea women, when she begs for him to take Korobyev back on? Is Frank sympathetic and kind, or merely equitable?

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