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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 cities do Nick and Ben visit together?

2. What drink does Mendelson order Jess at Petite Mort?

3. Which of the following cities do Nick and Ben visit together?

4. What condiment does Irina use while she confers with Mendelson and Jess?

5. From what shop does Ben buy a fan for the concierge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Irina give for excusing herself from Jess and Mendelson?

2. What do Jess and Mendelson pass as Irina leads them away from Petite Mort (285)?

3. Why does Jess note to Nick she is hesitant to talk to the police?

4. Why does the concierge have an expansive set of keys to the building?

5. What distinguishing mark confirms for Jess that she recognizes a dancer at Petite Mort?

6. What reason does Irina have for having come to France?

7. Why does Nick note he refuses to engage a prostitute in Amsterdam?

8. What results in Mimi's removal from school?

9. As the meeting among Sophie, Nick, Antoine, and Mimi begins, Nick notices something off about Sophie; what is it?

10. What does Mimi find among the contents of Ben's notebook?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel consists of some 89 short chapters grouped largely by day of occurrence. What effect does this have on the reader? How is the effect achieved? Why might it be desirable?

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of The Paris Apartment on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of Amsterdam being the setting for the events that take place in it.

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