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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. How much money does Peter and Mitch's backer put up?
(a) Ten thousand quid.
(b) Five thousand quid.
(c) A thousand quid.
(d) Fifty thousand quid.

2. What surprising statement does Samantha give Jimmy when he comes for an interview?
(a) She is thinking of leaving film.
(b) She has eloped.
(c) She has decided to become an art dealer.
(d) She is pregnant.

3. Why did Modigliani have to get rid of his paintings?
(a) He had no money for rent and had to move.
(b) He needed money to move out of Paris.
(c) He had to feed his family.
(d) He had to use it for rent.

4. With what does Dee wipe the dust off of the paintings?
(a) A sash she found on the floor.
(b) The shirt she wore under her dress.
(c) Her underwear.
(d) A handkerchief the priest gave her.

5. What does Lampeth say is the reason for the increase in the art market?
(a) The revival of the Renaissance.
(b) The Americans becoming art conscious after WWII.
(c) The high interest of the wealthy Europeans.
(d) The need for investment after WWII.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose paintings does Peter take to Mr. Meunier's office?

2. What do the assistants wear at the Belgrave Art Gallery?

3. At the apartment in Livorno, what is Lipsey told about Dee?

4. Why does Samantha slap Joe at the party?

5. Who is Anita to Samantha?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Peter Usher become so upset with Charles Lampeth at the reception?

2. Why does Julian visit Samantha yet again and what does he observe about her and Tom?

3. How is mystery set up almost immediately?

4. Why does Peter go to work at Meunier's?

5. What lecture does Peter give his art students and why?

6. How does the reader know right away that Tom is going to be trouble for Samantha?

7. Who is Anita and how does she play a part in the decisions that Samantha is about to make?

8. What point does Samantha attempt to make about the movies she has made and the movies that she wants to make?

9. The opening of Julian's gallery is much tougher than he expected. How is Julian in need before he even opens the doors and what does he do about it? How does he fare in his quest?

10. After leaving Dee's apartment, where does Lipsey trace her to and what does he discover there?

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