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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. At which of the following does Christie claim to have met Blair?

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

3. Used throughout the text, which of the following does the term “hingmy” mean?

4. Which of the following does Anwar note the Issyk-Kulistan tourist brochures display?

5. Which of the following calls Datka to summon him to the First Citizen’s residence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is CopSpace initially described in the novel?

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

4. What reasons does the Toymaker cite for the Operation avoiding killing?

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

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

7. What reason does the Gnome give for calling Scotland a “play-state” (21)?

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

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

10. What is the Morningside Cannibals case in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Liz remarks on “what the folks writing the exams laughably call the real world” (14). What cause does she have to describe the phrasing as laughable? How does it justify the description?

Essay Topic 2

Liz notes that, in her childhood, “Is she a lesbo? was about the second worst thing they could say about anyone” (51). What might be the worst thing they could say? What in the novel supports that assertion? 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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