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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 Tom explain away to Samantha about his past?
2. How does the baker look at the girl who comes in for fresh bread in the opening of the story?
3. Why does Julian drive to Samantha's house after he leaves his father-in-law?
4. What do Mad Mitch, Peter and Anne all do together in Peter's house?
5. What did the rabbi tell Dee about the painting she was searching for?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Lipsey make his way into Dee's apartment?
2. What is the basic plan in forging the masterpieces as set up in the beginning of "Part II Chapter V"?
3. Who is Anita and how does she play a part in the decisions that Samantha is about to make?
4. Why does Julian head to Samantha's house after he speaks with his father-in-law about money?
5. Why does Julian steal and sell his wife's car?
6. Where does Dee's search for the painting begin and why is it a bust?
7. Who are Charles Lampeth and Lord Cardwell? What is their relationship to each other?
8. Whose names does Mitch use to set up the bank accounts he and Peter will need? Why does he choose these names?
9. What happens to Peter after the incident at Belgraves?
10. Why does Peter Usher become so upset with Charles Lampeth at the reception?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the end of the novel a twist in regards to Mike Arnaz? Did the reader expect Mike to be such a major player in the scandal? Does the twist add to the depth of the novel? In what way does it or does it not? Did Follett intend to surprise the reader? Does it play into the genre?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Peter states one of the major themes of the novel when he calls the newspaper to demand an inexpensive place for artists to sell their work. Charles comments to Willow about the demand and its lack of permanence on the art dealer. What is Follett telling the reader in regards to profit versus what is due to the artist?
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