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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Peters see in Rome two years ago?
(a) Siantos.
(b) Visser.
(c) Vazoff.
(d) Dimitrios.

2. How much money do Peters and Latimer ask Dimitrios for in their letter?
(a) Five million dollars.
(b) One million francs.
(c) One hundred thousand piastres.
(d) Two thousand pounds.

3. What do Latimer and Grodek drink as they talk?
(a) Wine.
(b) Absinthe.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Scotch.

4. How many murders does Latimer estimate Dimitrios has committed?
(a) Two.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Too many to count.
(d) Four.

5. After agreeing to Peters' plan to blackmail Dimitrios, what does Latimer contemplate in his own hotel room?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) Heaven and Hell.
(c) Blackmail.
(d) Evil.

6. What nationality did Grodek pose as while in Belgrade?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Russian.
(d) Italian.

7. What drug did Dimitrios and Peters originally begin smuggling together?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Vicodin.

8. Finish the sentence: "A man's features, the bone structure and the tissue that covers it, are the product of a biological process; but his face________".
(a) Is a product of violence.
(b) He creates through life.
(c) Is a window to the soul.
(d) He creates for himself.

9. Who turned informant on the crew and got them all arrested?
(a) Visser.
(b) The Grand Duchess.
(c) Peters.
(d) DImitrios.

10. On the night of their meeting with Dimitrios, what does Peters ask of Latimer before they depart?
(a) If he can have Latimer's address in England.
(b) If he will stay for one more night while the deal goes through.
(c) If he can get Latimer's autograph.
(d) If he will lend him some money.

11. What does Latimer find out about Mr. Peters from reading the newspaper?
(a) Peters was involved in the drug bust.
(b) Peters is a cop.
(c) Peters murdered Dimitrios.
(d) Peters is a wanted man.

12. What famous leader does Grodek quote when talking to Latimer?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Ceasar.
(c) Ghengis Khan.
(d) Alexander the Great.

13. How does Latimer refer to Grodek in the letter in Chapter 9?
(a) The spy.
(b) G.
(c) Lord.
(d) W.

14. Why does Grodek laugh after he and Latimer toast to detective novels?
(a) He thinks of Dimitrios in the morgue.
(b) He thinks of Latimer investigating a murder.
(c) He has poisioned Latimer's drink.
(d) He imagines Peters with a gun.

15. What did Peters use to smuggle their first shipment of drugs in?
(a) A duffel bag.
(b) A trunk.
(c) A woman's hair.
(d) A coffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Latimer say Grodek was employed by?

2. What kind of coffee does Mr. Peters make for Latimer and himself when Latimer visits his apartment?

3. Which famous work does Latimer think is part of Dimitrios' philosophy?

4. What was the name of the department Bulic once worked at?

5. On the night of their meeting with Dimitrios, what does Latimer insist that Peters do?

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