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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the proprietor's wife treat Dee?
(a) She smiles at her.
(b) She screams at her.
(c) She ignores her.
(d) She chases her out.

2. How does Julian win over Sarah and convince her to marry him?
(a) She believes that he will make a ton of money as an artist some day.
(b) He takes her to all of the gallery receptions where she falls in love with him and art.
(c) She believes he is a successful artist.
(d) She falls in love with him because he is so sweet.

3. Why does Dee wear a shirt under her sleeveless dress to the church?
(a) Catholics don't allow bare arms in church.
(b) Catholics don't allow any part of the chest to show.
(c) She thought that she would be cold.
(d) She thought the outfit looked more modest.

4. What does Julian decide that he needs in order to secure his future?
(a) Cash.
(b) The lost Modigliani.
(c) A better education.
(d) A nicer wife.

5. When Julian arrives home after seeing Jack Best at the office, what does he find Sarah has done most of the day?
(a) Read.
(b) Watch the gardener.
(c) Drink.
(d) Clean.

6. What had Modigliani done with most of his paintings that he painted while he was high?
(a) He burned them.
(b) He gave them away.
(c) He sold them.
(d) He threw them in the trash.

7. What does Lipsey decide that he must do first in his investigation?
(a) Visit the police station.
(b) Look for the painting.
(c) Go to hotels in search of where Dee is staying.
(d) Knock on doors to find Dee.

8. What three items does Lipsey have to begin his investigation?
(a) Postcard, address, and a photograph.
(b) Diary entry, newspaper clipping and a photgraph.
(c) Postcard, address and a newspaper clipping.
(d) Address, photograph and a diary entry.

9. How does Lipsey get the address of where Dee is staying in Livorno?
(a) It is on a pad on Dee's nightstand.
(b) It is hanging on Dee's refrigerator.
(c) He gets an impression off of a paper using a pencil.
(d) The landlady gives it to him.

10. What does Peter Usher go to see Mr. Dixon about?
(a) Commissioning Peter for a painting.
(b) Showing Peter's work in his gallery.
(c) Selling one of Peter's paintings.
(d) Finding out gossip about Lampeth.

11. Whose painting does Mad Mitch and Peter recreate in the contest?
(a) Monet.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Modigliani.
(d) Van Gogh.

12. What is the name of the movie that Samantha is interested in doing?
(a) Thirteenth Night.
(b) Night, Night.
(c) Twelfth Night.
(d) A Midsummers Nights Dream.

13. What does Peter take from the supply room at Meunier's?
(a) Forms.
(b) Paper clips.
(c) Expensive pens.
(d) A rubber stamp and headed paper.

14. What kind of a city is Livorno?
(a) Small and quiet.
(b) A metropolitan city of small business and tourist attractions.
(c) Large and filled with resorts.
(d) A major port with docks and steelworks.

15. For what does Peter go to Meunier's ?
(a) A painting to copy.
(b) Advice.
(c) Financial help.
(d) Part-time work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dee go to see the old man who lives above the fish shop?

2. What publication does Jack Best work for?

3. Who did Dee send a postcard to to tell about the search in Poglio?

4. How does Julian blackmail Sarah?

5. What does Lampeth say is the reason for the increase in the art market?

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