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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 reason does Peter give to the newspaper for the forgeries?

2. What does Anne go to Harrods' for?

3. What does Lipsey have for Lampeth?

4. Who is Julian driving to see in Dorset village?

5. Who is Mike?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do each of the art dealers feel about the request from the forgers and what agreement do they come to?

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

4. Why does Tom go visit Bill Wright?

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

6. How does Julian continue his search after he leaves the priest?

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

8. 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?

9. What set-up does Mitch ask of the manager of the bank where he deposits the money from the paintings?

10. Who is Mandingo and how does he get involved in Cardwell's collection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the forgery scam allow Anne to see herself differently? Will she ever be the same as she was before? How might her life change?

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

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

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