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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julian notice on the wall of Samantha's house?

2. Why is there a party that Tom, Samantha and Joe attend?

3. What does Anita want Samantha to do for herself?

4. How does Peter Usher react to the news that Lampeth gives him at the gallery reception?

5. Why has Joe Davies hired Andy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Julian head to Samantha's house after he speaks with his father-in-law about money?

2. Why does Julian steal and sell his wife's car?

3. What does Julian find when he returns home from selling Sarah's car, and how does he use it to his advantage?

4. What news does Samantha give the reporter James Whitewood that startles him? What does he do with the information?

5. After leaving Dee's apartment, where does Lipsey trace her to and what does he discover there?

6. Who is Anita and how does she play a part in the decisions that Samantha is about to make?

7. Why does Lord Cardwell have to sell his collection of art?

8. Who are Charles Lampeth and Lord Cardwell? What is their relationship to each other?

9. Why does Julian blame his wife, Sarah, for his impotency?

10. What happens to Peter after the incident at Belgraves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the character of Charles Lampeth. How do his decisions affect other characters? How do they affect the plot? How does his role affect the work as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

How does the scene at the party in which Joe Davies reveals Tom's past reveal the values of the characters and the society in which they live? What contribution does this scene make to the whole novel?

Essay Topic 3

Ken Follett writes an introduction to the book explaining what he had set out to do. What does he state and does he accomplish his task?

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