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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Christie note deliberately not reporting to the Operation?

2. Which of the following is the name of the secured residence for Kyrgyzstan’s leader?

3. Which of the following is the first to greet Liz as she reaches the scene of Blair’s death?

4. Which of the following does Christie keep in his suitcase?

5. Which of the following does Anwar suspect he has been handed by an ostensible trade delegation from Issyk-Kulistan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Tariq offer Anwar in the novel?

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

3. What reasons does Liz give for preferring work life to life at home?

4. What reasons does Jackson give for authorities disliking private fabricators (30-31)?

5. How does Liz characterize pre-1990s policing?

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

7. What is noted as the first pseudo-nation, and what are its circumstances?

8. What reasons does the Toymaker give for avoiding travel by plane?

9. What materials does Anwar note receiving to commence his consular duties?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anwar notes his phone translating a Russian-language phrase as “impact in ten minutes” (23). What narrative effect does the translation have? How is that effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

Kemal cites a programmers’ saying: “If we understand how we do it, it isn’t artificial intelligence anymore” (176). From experience, is the saying correct or incorrect? What in experience suggests as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the name “Operation Babylon” for the coordinated murder investigations that begin in “LIZ: Snowballing Hell.”

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