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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. Where do the art dealers meet?

2. What does Mitch take with him when he leaves the bank?

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

4. Who handles the press statement for the art dealers?

5. What does Mitch tell Peter to do with the portfolios?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the priest lie to Mike and Dee about the Danielli family?

2. What does Arnaz's last line, " I had faith in you baby" suggest about the entire scam?

3. What does Lipsey find at the chateau that Mike sends him to?

4. What does Lampeth say to Willow about the effect the forgery scam will have on the art world?

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

6. How do Mitch and Peter respond to the write-up in the newspaper about themselves?

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

8. What occurs in the bar when Lipsey returns to Poglio and finds Dee and Mike there?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist? Defend your answers with evidence from the book.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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