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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 does the sign outside the bar in Poglio read?
(a) Open.
(b) Pogli Pub.
(c) Coca-Cola.
(d) Beer.

2. What request does Samantha make of Julian when she goes to see the gallery?
(a) She wants Julian to change the date of the opening.
(b) She wants Julian to save her a special painting.
(c) She wants to dine with Lord Cardwell.
(d) She wants Julian to change the time of the opening.

3. What kind of a car does Lipsey rent to go to Poglio?
(a) Fiat.
(b) Volkswagon.
(c) Lancia.
(d) Ferrari.

4. What does Anne go to Harrods' for?
(a) To change her clothes.
(b) To buy a new coat.
(c) To buy sunglasses and a hat.
(d) To return the expensive clothes she used for the scam.

5. Where do the art dealers meet?
(a) At Scotland Yard.
(b) At a restaurant in London.
(c) At Julian's gallery.
(d) In the New Room.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the bar in Poglio, what does Lipsey do to find out if Dee has been there?

2. When Peter and Mitch make their second phone call to the newspaper, why do they change papers?

3. What information do Dee and Mike give Lipsey?

4. Who handles the press statement for the art dealers?

5. How does Samantha feel about Lord Cardwell as she dines with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Julian wind up with a forgery of the Modigliani twice?

2. Who next comes to visit the priest in Poglio? What information is he looking for and what does the priest tell him?

3. What does Lipsey find at the chateau that Mike sends him to?

4. How does the search for the Modigliani bring Dee and Mike closer together?

5. How does Tom get what is rightfully coming to him?

6. How does the transaction with Crowforth go and then all of the subsequent transactions even though the reader is not given the details?

7. How does Mike scam Julian and Lipsey in regard to the painting?

8. What does Arnaz's last line, " I had faith in you baby" suggest about the entire scam?

9. What is Louis' hand in the story of the forgeries once he has the professor identify the painting as such?

10. Who is Gaston Moore and how does he fit into the whole scheme of things in regards to the paintings?

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