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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. What does Wani rename the Clerkenwell Building?

2. What party's candidate does Nick vote for in the election?

3. What Latin phrase does the Eros scene on the ewer represent, according to Nick?

4. Who is Mr. Leverton?

5. Where is Catherine thinking of buying property?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Penny document in her diary?

3. What does the Gauguin painting "Le Matin aux Champs" represent, according to Catherine?

4. According to Catherine, what is Gerald's view of his constituents?

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

6. Who is Nat getting married to?

7. What is on Abbots' Field?

8. What does Wani say he is having a feature on in the premiere issue of Ogee?

9. What does Sally Tipper look like?

10. How does Nick know Nat Henmer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Deconstruct the concept of the "line of beauty". Find examples of when this term is used and explain all of the different meanings the "line of beauty" has throughout the text.

Essay Topic 2

One of the concepts of the "line of beauty" is the ogee arch. Explain the symbolism of the ogee and find examples of when this image appears in the text. What does the ogee mean to Nick? What about the Ogee company? How does its curve reflect the highs and lows of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of the media in the text? Begin by looking at the discussion of the "Mordant Analyst" on the opening pages and continue to the effects of the tabloids on the characters at the end of the novel.

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