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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. In Chapter 10, where did Joelle awake?

2. What did Vincent film before she let go of the railing and started falling in Chapter 16?

3. How old was Oskar when he went to work for Jonathan?

4. In Chapter 15, how long ago had Paul's father died?

5. What time did Joelle fed the last page into her paper shredder in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, who did Oskar see in Akaitis's office?

2. At the end of Chapter 15, who did Paul see?

3. At a party someone asked Simone if she was Alkaitis's secretary or receptionist; what does she learn when she looks up those words about her role?

4. What did Leon mean when he said that he and his wife were citizens of a shadow country?

5. Why did Walter nearly faint when he learned about Alkaitis's arrest?

6. What is Enrico doing in 2029?

7. What did the people on the 18th floor of the Gradia Building do?

8. What did Jonathan's staff do when he told them about the problem with the funds?

9. What happened when Jonathan and Vincent left the office party?

10. In Chapter 12, why did Alkaitis ask Julie Freeman to look up what happened to Olivia Collins, and what did he learn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vincent and Jonathan pretend to be married. How would you describe the relationship between Vincent and Jonathan? What is their relationship based on? Would their relationship be considered pragmatic?

Essay Topic 2

How did the collapse affect many of the investors? Why did some investors commit suicide? What consequences occurred because of the Ponzi scheme? Why was the fallout from the scheme so far-reaching?

Essay Topic 3

Jonathan ran a Ponzi scheme. What is a Ponzi scheme? Why were Jonathan’s actions fraudulent?

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