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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 is the name of the gallery that Julian is opening?
2. What does Dee want to write her thesis about?
3. What does Julian suggest that Sarah do in order for her to get money to give to him?
4. What news does Lampeth give Peter Usher at the gallery reception?
5. What does Julian decide to do in order to get the cash he needs to travel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Julian blame his wife, Sarah, for his impotency?
2. Whose names does Mitch use to set up the bank accounts he and Peter will need? Why does he choose these names?
3. How does Joe feel about the news that Samantha is leaving film, and what does he do about it?
4. What does Julian find when he returns home from selling Sarah's car, and how does he use it to his advantage?
5. How is mystery set up almost immediately?
6. Who are Charles Lampeth and Lord Cardwell? What is their relationship to each other?
7. Who is Modigliani and what significance does he have to the story?
8. What contest do Peter and Mitch have and why? What comes out of the contest?
9. What point does Samantha attempt to make about the movies she has made and the movies that she wants to make?
10. How does the reader know right away that Tom is going to be trouble for Samantha?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Poglio differ from London? Compare and contrast the two places, tell what each place represents and how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the novel as a whole.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the inner conflicts of Julian and explain how the resolution of these conflicts contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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