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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is acknowledged as contributing to the novel?
(a) Soon Lee.
(b) Chun Kim.
(c) Chun Lee.
(d) Soon Kim.

2. How many hours each week does Anwar note he must put in at the consulate?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 10.

3. How long does the Gnome note Issyk-Kulistan has been independent when he approaches Anwar about becoming an honorary consul for that nation?
(a) Five weeks.
(b) Five days.
(c) Five months.
(d) Five years.

4. On which of the following days does the novel begin?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Wednesday.

5. The comment that “you don’t need to mix the metaphor to drink the cocktail, however bitter” (11) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment that it would be better to replace operations “than to try to nurse the emphysemic mafia hold-over out of its intensive care bed and back into a wheelchair” (73) offers an example of which of the following?

2. The comment that the Gnome is “Bent as a seven-bob note” (20) offers an example of which of the following?

3. Which of the following is noted as the currency of Issyk-Kulistan?

4. Which of the following is the first to greet Liz as she reaches the scene of Blair’s death?

5. Who says the phrase, “You realized it was a shoo-in when you clocked you were the only candidate they’d bothered to fly out for the interview” (27)?

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