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

2. How does Arnaz blackmail Peter and Mitch?
(a) He wants more money, or he will turn them in.
(b) He wants two more forgeries, or he will turn them in.
(c) He does not want them to give back the money.
(d) He will turn them in if they don't continue painting.

3. What information do Dee and Mike give Lipsey?
(a) They tell him that the painting is in a chateau nearby.
(b) They tell him they are searching for a Modigliani.
(c) They tell him Dee is related to an art dealer.
(d) They tell him Modigliani's sister has the painting.

4. What does Mitch take with him when he leaves the bank?
(a) A deposit box key.
(b) Cash.
(c) A phone number.
(d) An envelope.

5. Who is Julian driving to see in Dorset village?
(a) An art expert.
(b) Dee and Mike.
(c) Louis Broom.
(d) Lipsey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Louis Broom actually work on Wednesdays?

2. Who knocked at the priest's door?

3. What does the sign outside the bar in Poglio read?

4. What is the name of the bungalow that Julian goes to in Dorset village?

5. Why does Lipsey decide to wear a camera and sunglasses?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mandingo and how does he get involved in Cardwell's collection?

2. What set-up does Mitch ask of the manager of the bank where he deposits the money from the paintings?

3. How do each of the art dealers feel about the request from the forgers and what agreement do they come to?

4. How does the old man sitting in front of the bar in Poglio play a joke on Dee and Mike?

5. What is the set-up for selling the forgeries?

6. How does Lipsey discover that Dee and Mike had not yet made it to Poglio?

7. What does Julian discover about his Modigliani and what does he first plan on doing about it? How is that plan obstructed? What is his second plan? How is that obstructed? What is his third plan?

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

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

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

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