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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Captain say Nick should ask Lutch to do in return for the Academy's money in Chapter 14?
(a) Be in a new advertisement.
(b) Return to the Agglomerated Tobacco family.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Stay quiet.

2. What is Nick looking at in Chapter 15 when he imagines a vast nude tableau?
(a) A city bus.
(b) The Capitol building.
(c) Arlington National Cemetery.
(d) A fountain.

3. Who does Nick imagine making love to atop the nude tableau of Chapter 15?
(a) Jeannette.
(b) Polly Bailey.
(c) Heather Holloway.
(d) Gazelle.

4. Whom does Nick blame on the the investigation when Heather calls him in Chapter 23?
(a) Senator Finisterre.
(b) Gordon Craighead.
(c) BR.
(d) Lady Dent.

5. What news does Jeannette give Nick at dinner in Chapter 15?
(a) The Captain is dying.
(b) BR is thinking of leaving the Academy.
(c) Gordon Craighead was behind his abduction.
(d) Finisterre is introducing new tobacco legislation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What conclusion about the deal does Nick give Jeff Megall at the end of Chapter 19?

2. Why is Penelope Bent famous?

3. What does Nick leave behind when he goes into Lorne's house in Chapter 18?

4. What recommendation does the Captain make to Nick in a call in Chapter 23?

5. What does Nick indignantly argue with the MOD Squad in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nick deal with the passage of Senator Finisterre's bill in this section?

2. In Chapter 20, how does Nick rebut Senator Finisterre's cigarette criticism on Nightline?

3. How does Nick convince Lorne Lutch to take the bribe in Chapter 18?

4. Why is Nick unable to get counsel from Carlinsky in Chapter 26?

5. What request does the Captain make of Nick in Chapter 13?

6. What does Heather imply to Nick in Chapter 21?

7. What deal do Jeff Megall and Nick discuss in Chapter 17?

8. How does Nick convince Lady Bent to speak against trade regulations in Chapter 16?

9. Describe the hotel that Nick goes to in Chapter 17.

10. Describe Nick's arrest in Chapter 24?

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