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

2. What question does the reporter ask Peter that he does not answer?
(a) "Are you French?"
(b) "Where are you?"
(c) "Who are you?"
(d) "Are you a young painter yourself?"

3. What does Lipsey tell the Contessa that he does for a living?
(a) He is a retired school teacher.
(b) He is a writer.
(c) He is a retired architect.
(d) He owns an antique shop.

4. What reason does Peter give to the newspaper for the forgeries?
(a) To make money.
(b) To draw attention to real live artists.
(c) To disgrace the dead artists.
(d) To prove that the art dealers of London only care about money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What picture is on the wall of the gallery at Cardwell's that makes Julian upset?

2. What Modigliani does Samantha admire?

3. What information does the Hilton clerk give to Louis?

4. What does Anne show Crawford when he states that he needs another opinion about the painting?

5. What does Anne want to do soon after she gets home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Louis Broom decide not to tell his editor about the phone call he receives concerning the forgeries and what does he do instead?

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

4. Why does Arnaz show up at Peter's door, and what does he want?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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