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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. Which of the following is the first to greet Liz as she reaches the scene of Blair’s death?

2. How many hours each week does Anwar note he must put in at the consulate?

3. Which of the following is acknowledged as contributing to the novel?

4. Which of the following had been Blair’s prisoner number?

5. The phrase “the latest scuttlebutt about Dickie’s dastardly deviant’s demise” (47) offers an example of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Liz note for not working in CopSpace while riding a bus?

2. What does Kemal note as the major funders for artificial intelligence research in the novel?

3. What reasons does Liz give for preferring work life to life at home?

4. What information does Anwar note comes in the bulletins from Issyk-Kulistan?

5. What does Liz note as “the problem with being on the Rule 34 squad” (44)?

6. What materials does Anwar note receiving to commence his consular duties?

7. What problems does Liz note in preparing for her first in-novel meeting with Dorothy?

8. What, per Liz, is the “first law of detection,” and what does it mean (38)?

9. What items lead Liz to see parallels among the Blair case and others in Europe?

10. What reasons does the Toymaker cite for the Operation avoiding killing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of Kemal’s smoking? How does it manifest?

Essay Topic 2

At more than one point in the novel, the comment is made about ethics being “not just a country next door to Sussex”; it is noted as being a poor joke. Explicate the joke; what reference is being made, who would understand it, and why would that audience find it humorous?

Essay Topic 3

Liz early on shows a propensity towards assigning nicknames to her colleagues. Select one such nickname; explicate its significance.

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