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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of New York City's assistant medical examiner?
(a) Louie Padelsky.
(b) Margo Green.
(c) Whitney Cadwalader Frock.
(d) Olivia Meriam.

2. What is blastomycosis?
(a) A rare cancer.
(b) An explosion of broken glass.
(c) A fungal infection.
(d) A stage in the growth of a zygote.

3. How many people are in Linnaeus Hall for the presentation of the evidence gleaned from the Bitterman autopsy?
(a) Seven.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Thirty-six.
(d) One hundred and ten.

4. What is the name of the curator for the New York Museum of Natural History?
(a) Olivia Meriam.
(b) Margo Green.
(c) Simon Brambell.
(d) Bill Smithback.

5. What has Margo begun to carry in her purse?
(a) An emergency credit card.
(b) Mace.
(c) Lipstick.
(d) A pistol.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what bar does Smithback make his phone call in Chapter 6?

2. What does Mephisto call the territory below Central Park?

3. What is D'Agosta's theory about the murders in Chapter 20?

4. To what type of philosophy is the following phrase attributed? "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

5. What piece of literature does Mephisto tell Smithback to read before they meet again?

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