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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 the old man tell Mike and Dee after they buy him a drink?
2. What does Willow offer to Lampeth when he returns from his weekend in the country?
3. Under what pretense does Anne claim that she has the masterpiece painting?
4. When Peter and Mitch make their second phone call to the newspaper, why do they change papers?
5. What was it that the priest thought made the cheese better?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who next comes to visit the priest in Poglio? What information is he looking for and what does the priest tell him?
2. What is Louis' hand in the story of the forgeries once he has the professor identify the painting as such?
3. 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?
4. What does Lampeth say to Willow about the effect the forgery scam will have on the art world?
5. Why does Tom go visit Bill Wright?
6. What occurs in the bar when Lipsey returns to Poglio and finds Dee and Mike there?
7. How does Julian continue his search after he leaves the priest?
8. How had Julian changed since the last time that Samantha had seen him now that he is ready to open his gallery?
9. How does the old man sitting in front of the bar in Poglio play a joke on Dee and Mike?
10. How does Mike scam Julian and Lipsey in regard to the painting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are the titles of the chapters metaphors?
Essay Topic 2
Past events in the novel affect both positively and negatively the present actions and attitudes of certain characters. Choose a character and explain how the past event and the character's relationship to it, contributes to the meaning of the whole novel.
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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