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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 Mike figure out about how Lipsey found him and Dee in Poglio?

2. What does the Contessa share with Lipsey before he leaves the chateau?

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

4. What does Anne do when she gets into the taxi after she sells the painting?

5. Under what pretense does Anne claim that she has the masterpiece painting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Julian wind up with a forgery of the Modigliani twice?

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

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

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

7. How does Mike scam Julian and Lipsey in regard to the painting?

8. How does Mike get hold of the real Modigliani?

9. Why does Louis Broom decide not to tell his editor about the phone call he receives concerning the forgeries and what does he do instead?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a character that you believe is morally ambiguous yet plays an important role in the novel. Explain how the character can be viewed as such and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the whole novel.

Essay Topic 2

What emotional journey does Samantha take from the start of the novel to its completion? Why does Follett include this character in the novel other than her being a thread that ties the mystery?

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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