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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Julian feel nervous as he enters the office to see Jack Best?
(a) The opening of the gallery.
(b) What art he should display at the reception.
(c) His talk with Jack.
(d) Who he should invite to the reception.

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

4. What part does Anne play in the scam?
(a) She is coaching Peter and Mitch.
(b) She is watching for any visitors.
(c) She is writing letters.
(d) She is giving the men food and drink.

5. What does Cardwell mean to do to keep himself in brandy?
(a) Borrow from Lampeth.
(b) Close his company.
(c) Sell his art collection.
(d) Sell his estate.

6. How does Peter get what he took from the supply room back to London?
(a) With a messenger.
(b) In a hole in his jacket.
(c) In his coat pocket
(d) Through the mail.

7. With what does Dee wipe the dust off of the paintings?
(a) The shirt she wore under her dress.
(b) Her underwear.
(c) A handkerchief the priest gave her.
(d) A sash she found on the floor.

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

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

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

11. Who has Mad Mitch found to back his and Peter's scam?
(a) Lord Caldwell.
(b) A small time criminal.
(c) A retired art gallery owner.
(d) Julian.

12. How much does Peter plan on making from the scam?
(a) A hundred thousand.
(b) A few thousand.
(c) One million.
(d) A half a million.

13. Who comes up to Lampeth at the gallery reception and feigns being Lampeth's friend?
(a) Peter Usher's wife.
(b) An art dealer.
(c) Jack.
(d) Peter Usher.

14. What idea came out of the painting contest between Peter and Mad Mitch?
(a) To create painting contests.
(b) To forge paintings.
(c) To paint off of canvas.
(d) To recreate what the great artists have done in print.

15. What do they all do once the policeman leaves Peter's house?
(a) Give up on the scam.
(b) Have a drink.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Call a lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What revelation does Dee come to after she takes a nap in the afternoon?

2. How does Julian blackmail Sarah?

3. What does Tom say that he and Samantha should do with Lord Caldwell's art collection?

4. What does Tom explain away to Samantha about his past?

5. What publication does Jack Best work for?

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