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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following does Dorothy compare Christie?
(a) A cricket.
(b) A centipede.
(c) A spider.
(d) A scorpion.

2. To which of the following does the Toymaker compare himself?
(a) A crow.
(b) A cuckoo.
(c) A raven.
(d) A warbler.

3. From which of the following does Anwar receive an unexpected phone call?
(a) Liz.
(b) Kemal.
(c) MacLeish.
(d) Christie.

4. Which of the following percentages does Anwar note voted against Issyk-Kulistan’s independence?
(a) 845.
(b) 78%.
(c) 66%.
(d) 72%.

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

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

7. Which of the following is Dorothy asked to fill out on Christie?
(a) PCL-R.
(b) MMPI.
(c) Big Five.
(d) Myers-Briggs typology.

8. With which of the following departments is MacDonald noted to be affiliated?
(a) Informatics.
(b) Semantics.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Robotics.

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

10. The term “swithering” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?
(a) Turning in a circle.
(b) Turning back and forth.
(c) Twitching erratically.
(d) Staying still.

11. In which of the following areas is Kemal’s hotel reported to be?
(a) Haymarket.
(b) Coates.
(c) West End.
(d) Lothian.

12. 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) Chiasmus.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Rhyme.

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

14. Which of the following aliases does the Toymaker tell Anwar to report if he is questioned?
(a) John Christie.
(b) Peter Piper.
(c) John Gacy.
(d) Peter Manuel.

15. About which of the following does Bibi rage at Anwar?
(a) A blender.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) A computer.
(d) A toilet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For which of the following does Liz note the acronym BOOTS stands?

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

4. Which of the following terms does MacDonald gloss as “telling spam from ham” (307)?

5. Which of the following does Kemal exclude from his definition of artificial intelligence?

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