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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. What present is received by Toby and Catherine?
(a) A Georgian salver.
(b) A new piano.
(c) A painting.
(d) A bottle of wine.

2. Where does Joe, the man Nick meets in the bar, live?
(a) Soho.
(b) Barwick.
(c) Paris.
(d) Notting Hill.

3. Who has Sophie married?
(a) Polly Tompkins.
(b) Nat Henmer.
(c) Jamie Stallard.
(d) Toby.

4. What is the name of the Guests' home?
(a) Apple Square.
(b) Creeleywood.
(c) Foxwood.
(d) Linnells.

5. What Latin phrase does the Eros scene on the ewer represent, according to Nick?
(a) Omnia Vincit Amor.
(b) A Bene Placito.
(c) Mors Vincit Omnia.
(d) Veni Vedi Vici.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Wani been while he has been away from London?

2. While everyone is waiting for Gerald to come home and deal with the press, what does Catherine put on the record player?

3. What color does Gerald have the front door at Kensington Park Gardens painted in order to impress the Prime Minister?

4. When everyone else goes to Chez Claude and Toby and Nick stay home, what does Toby make Nick for lunch?

5. What is Nick reading while he is on vacation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jonty Stafford tell Catherine about the Hotel Diocletian?

2. How does Nick know Nat Henmer?

3. How does Nick think it is best to deal with Catherine when she is on an "up curve"?

4. Who is Nat getting married to?

5. Why does Nick suggest that he has helped make the restaurant Gusto a success?

6. Who is Javier?

7. How does the news of the affair between Gerald and Penny break in the media?

8. How is Lionel able to get in the house without alerting the press?

9. What is on Abbots' Field?

10. What does Nick fear most after reading the Edelman book?

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