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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 language does Irana speak to Marukakis and Latimer?

2. What does Latimer tell Peters about his interest in Dimitrios?

3. How much money does Muishkin give back to Latimer?

4. Who many years ago was it that Irana knew Dimitrios?

5. Where does it say Dimitrios was born on the identification card that Latimer finds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Latimer afraid of as he waits in the hotel room for Dimitrios? What does Peters suggest?

2. Who hunts Dimitrios once he gets out of prison? Where does he go first looking for Dimitrios?

3. What type of information does Latimer's contact in Sofia give him? How is this connected to Dimitrios?

4. What does Dimitrios offer Latimer to not leave the apartment and get the police? What happens once Latimer leaves?

5. How did Irana first meet Dimitrios? Why is she mad at him now? What is her reaction to the news of his death?

6. What is different about the format of Chapter 9? What language does Latimer write in?

7. When Latimer wakes up after his encounter with Mr. Peters, what is he angry about? What does he think he should have done?

8. When Dimitrios first walks into the hotel room, what surprises Latimer? What did Latimer expect?

9. Where does Latimer stay when he arrives in Istanbul? What are the conditions of his lodging place?

10. When Latimer leaves Irana, what is strange about his hotel room? Who does he find there? What are both of their reactions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As soon as Latimer sees the body in the morgue, he is unconvinced that the man is actually Dimitrios. Write an essay explaining why Latimer is compelled to investigate Dimitrios without being involved in the case at all, other than being an observer. What did Latimer expect to see in Dimitrios' features?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the role of history in the detective novel. How does history play an important part in the formulation of plot and investigation in the novel? Be sure to use examples.

Essay Topic 3

Think about the character of the Russian Interpreter, Muishkin. Write a compare/contrast essay between the character of Latimer and Muishkin. How is his character an example of the struggle between good and evil in the novel?

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