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

2. From which of the following offices does Kemal note having been dispatched?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Brussels.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Berlin.

3. Which of the following ages does Anwar note being?
(a) 49
(b) 28.
(c) 39.
(d) 22.

4. Which of the following is the name of the secured residence for Kyrgyzstan’s leader?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Avalon.
(c) Shangri-la.
(d) Xanadu.

5. 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?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “swithering” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?

2. In which of the following cities does Kemal note a Babylon death occurs?

3. On which of the following charges does Liz note having arrested Anwar prior to the novel?

4. Which of the following percentages does Anwar note as the unemployment rate in Issyk-Kulistan?

5. 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?

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