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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Nick and Tanya do with their champagne glasses once they are empty?
(a) The wrap them carefully for future celebrations.
(b) They smash them on the stones.
(c) They refill them.
(d) They throw them into the pond.

2. What does the frieze in Linnaeus Hall represent?
(a) Man's inhumanity to man.
(b) The world's extinct species.
(c) Evolution.
(d) God's creation of the world and mankind.

3. What is the ever-present threat in the tunnels?
(a) Mentally ill inhabitants.
(b) The third rail.
(c) Rabid dogs.
(d) Rats.

4. What is the name of the librarian at the New York Historical Society?
(a) Willson.
(b) Cushing.
(c) Horlocker.
(d) Padelsky.

5. What question does Pendergast ask D'Agosta when they see the squatters' fire in the tunnel?
(a) "Could this be the break we're looking for?"
(b) "You want the ones on the left or the ones on the right?"
(c) "Shall we retire to the drawing room?"
(d) "How many fingers do you see?"

6. What is D'Agosta's theory about the murders in Chapter 20?
(a) That a cult might be committing the murders.
(b) That the murders are the work of a serial killer.
(c) That the deaths aren't linked at all.
(d) That the murders are definitely attributable to the homeless population.

7. Who requests a meeting with D'Agosta in Chapter 7?
(a) Margo.
(b) Mephisto.
(c) Sergeant Hayward.
(d) Bill Smithback.

8. What is another name given to the homeless population in the tunnels?
(a) Moles.
(b) Filth.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Hobos.

9. How are Pendergast and D'Agosta dressed in Chapter 23, as they make their way toward the tunnels?
(a) As doctors.
(b) As homeless men.
(c) As normal citizens.
(d) As police officers.

10. What nickname does Pendergast give his tunnel alter-ego?
(a) King Edward.
(b) Bronson.
(c) Jack.
(d) Whitey.

11. What title does the disembodied voice in the tunnel give Smithback?
(a) Scriblerian.
(b) Writer.
(c) Collector of pain.
(d) Newsman.

12. Where does Smithbeck's informant ask to meet him?
(a) The police station.
(b) In a coffee shop.
(c) The airport baggage claim area.
(d) A Penn Station bathroom.

13. What is the Devil's Attic?
(a) The lowest level of the city.
(b) The place where the tunnel inhabitants bury their dead.
(c) The area occupied only by murderers.
(d) The highest level of the tunnels.

14. Where is the Pitti Palace located?
(a) Florence, Italy.
(b) Chinatown.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

15. What were the killings called that Dr. Frock and Margo solved in the prequel to "Reliquary"?
(a) The Metropolitan Murders.
(b) Route 666 Killings.
(c) Museum Beast Killings.
(d) The Eyebrow Creature Killings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are in Linnaeus Hall for the presentation of the evidence gleaned from the Bitterman autopsy?

2. What is the name of the theory presented by Dr. Frock?

3. What kind of tests were run on the two skeletons found in the river?

4. What stench does D'Agosta try to dilute with the plume of smoke?

5. What is Snow looking for after a police shootout?

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