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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following reasons does Anwar posit for not having received email from Issyk-Kulistan?
(a) Public holiday.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Civil unrest.
(d) Military coup.

2. Which of the following does Liz note contributed to the background documentation for Babylon?
(a) Angela in Berlin.
(b) Karl in Dresden.
(c) Gustav in Leipzig.
(d) Georg in Hanover.

3. On which of the following charges does Liz note having arrested Anwar prior to the novel?
(a) Internet-advertising fraud.
(b) Academic fraud.
(c) Internet-banking losses.
(d) Internet-banking fraud.

4. Which of the following does Liz note contributed to the background documentation for Babylon?
(a) Joe in Baltimore.
(b) Edgar in Boston.
(c) Donovan in Philadelphia.
(d) Andrea in New York.

5. Which of the following reasons does Anwar posit for not having received email from Issyk-Kulistan?
(a) Terrorist strike.
(b) Meteor strike.
(c) Lightning strike.
(d) Cobra strike.

6. Which of the following percentages does Anwar note as the Kyrgyzstani population that broke off into Issyk-Kulistan?
(a) 80%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 20%.

7. On which of the following websites is it noted that MacDonald and Anwar are connected?
(a) Funlads.scot.
(b) Fitlads.net.
(c) Bedmen.com.
(d) Search.co.uk.

8. To his counterpart in which of the following offices does Anwar reach out?
(a) Berlin.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

9. Which of the following colors of car does Liz take to the airport to meet Kemal?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Gray.

10. Which of the following does Kemal exclude from his definition of artificial intelligence?
(a) Driving rain.
(b) Driving trucks.
(c) Driving cars.
(d) Driving Miss Daisy.

11. For which of the following does Dorothy note having worked?
(a) Garmin.
(b) General Electric.
(c) McClusky-Williams.
(d) Andersen Consulting.

12. Which of the following does Liz note contributed to the background documentation for Babylon?
(a) Felix in Bishkek.
(b) Victor in Jalal-Abad.
(c) Julius in Karakol.
(d) August in Talas.

13. In which of the following does the Toymaker note living with his uncle Albert?
(a) California.
(b) Nevada.
(c) California.
(d) Arizona.

14. The phrase “Embarrassingly, excruciatingly, the panic attack you’ve been bottling up washes over you like a drenching cold ocean breaker” (274) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Simile.

15. 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) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The phrase “you hear footsteps like a herd of baby elephants on the landing” (312) offers an example of which of the following?

3. In the novel, the term “bollock” carries which of the following meanings?

4. In which of the following cities does Dorothy report, falsely, that Julian is?

5. Which of the following does the Toymaker note is prevalent in Scotland?

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