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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Anwar note the Issyk-Kulistan tourist brochures display?
(a) Yaks.
(b) Goats.
(c) Bison.
(d) Sheep.

2. In the phrase “an evening mopping up after a guy in a gimp suit who autodarwinates with extreme prejudice” (46), the word “autodarwinates” means which of the following?
(a) Kills himself.
(b) Researches himself.
(c) Evolves himself.
(d) Sails himself.

3. Which of the following does the novel describe as “intent on milking a public purse that no longer had a solid tax base with which to pay” (82)?
(a) Public medicine.
(b) Homeopathic medicine.
(c) Private medicine.
(d) Nonprofit medicine.

4. The comment that “Back at HQ, it’s as if a giant virtual boot has kicked over the anthill” (180) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. Which of the following does Liz note in Blair’s bathroom?
(a) German toilet seat.
(b) Chinese toilet seat.
(c) American toilet seat.
(d) Japanese toilet seat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Anwar suspect he has been handed by an ostensible trade delegation from Issyk-Kulistan?

2. Which of the following books does the Toymaker note was present when he was living with his uncle Albert?

3. Which of the following does Liz note in Blair’s bathroom?

4. The comment that “it’s not so cosy now that the outside world has smashed the window and climbed in, ransacked the drawers, and stirred everything around” (186) offers an example of which of the following?

5. In which of the following departments does Kemal note having been assigned?

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