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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Nonprofit medicine.
(b) Public medicine.
(c) Private medicine.
(d) Homeopathic medicine.

2. Used throughout the text, which of the following does the term “hingmy” mean?
(a) Random item.
(b) Lack of an item.
(c) Specific item.
(d) Random person.

3. Which of the following topics does the Gnome advise Anwar to avoid at the Georgian consulate?
(a) Azerbaijan.
(b) Abkhazia.
(c) Armenia.
(d) Arnor.

4. Which of the following languages are represented on the brew shop’s website Anwar peruses?
(a) Pashto.
(b) Farsi.
(c) Gujarati.
(d) Punjabo.

5. Which of the following calls Datka to summon him to the First Citizen’s residence?
(a) Leo.
(b) Dmitry.
(c) Pavel.
(d) Vladimir.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?

2. In which of the following departments does Kemal note having been assigned?

3. Which of the following does Liz note as her own age in the novel?

4. Which of the following is noted as Blair’s proximate cause of death?

5. The comment that “You can see the key turning in the lock behind his petrified eyes” (152) offers an example of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Liz note had been the crime or crimes leading to Blair’s arrest?

2. What, per Liz, is the “first law of detection,” and what does it mean (38)?

3. What reasons does Liz cite for having been working the control center instead of supervising the Rule 34 unit (4)?

4. What items lead Liz to see parallels among the Blair case and others in Europe?

5. How does Christie plan to leave his identity behind?

6. What does Liz cite as a reason not to harangue passing bicyclists as she leaves the scene of Blair’s death?

7. What does Kemal note as the major funders for artificial intelligence research in the novel?

8. How is CopSpace initially described in the novel?

9. What factors are cited as having ended large drug cartels in the novel’s history?

10. What reasons does Christie give for avoiding his medications?

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