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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. The comment that the Gnome is “Bent as a seven-bob note” (20) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

2. Which of the following is acknowledged as contributing to the novel?
(a) Kathryn Blasdell.
(b) Kathryn Windom.
(c) Caitlin Blasdell.
(d) Caitlin Windom.

3. The phrase “mentoring Constables Janie Jones and Baz MacIntyre on the banality of evil, the evil of banality, how to tell the difference between faked videos and the real thing, and the best way to keep a sense of perspective” (47) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Homophony.
(d) Metonymy.

4. Which of the following is the first to greet Liz as she reaches the scene of Blair’s death?
(a) McDougall.
(b) MacLeish.
(c) Patel.
(d) Berman.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Anwar note is his rate of pay for his work at the consulate?

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

3. In 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), the word “clocked” carries which of the following meanings?

4. 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?

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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