Osler's Razor

Recently I received the following personal message via email. A short comprehension test follows the message. Each question is worth 4 points, and this exam will comprise 16% of your grade for the quarter:

Dearest in heart,

I really don't mean to bother you. But it is urgent and very important at this point that I contact you. Let me quickly introduce myself. I am princess Angela Willie. The former wife to late prince Duke Willie. I am 26 years old and I have a daughter who is 5 years old. My late husband was the prince of Buake,a town in Ivory Coast where I lived with him until his death in February 13th 2006. My late husband was a carefree, open-minded and considerate person which I believed contributed largely to his death. He never withheld these qualities from his subjects. The people he ruled. This is why it was easy for him to be poisoned. His death was suspected to have been carried out by one of his subjects. My husband called me in his palace one faithful Friday afternoon. He told me of the money (9.5 million us dollars) he deposited in a security company here in Abidjan. The capital city of Ivory Coast West Africa. He told me this exactly 3 months before his death. As if he knew he was going to die. He put the money in a box and deposited the box with a
bank, claiming they were royal costumes. Now after my husband's death. His kinsmen and his immediate family are after my life. They want to kill me and inherit my husband's wealth. Since I don't have a male child who can ascend to the throne.

No one knows about this deposit except the personal advicer to the prince.And I suspect he has something to do with his death. He is the one that told the kinsmen. That is why they are looking for me to get this documents. I succeeded in sneaking out of the palace at night. I abandoned every thing I labouerd for with my late husband in the palace but I took with me the documents of the money deposited with the security company I am hiding in a local guest house here in Abidjan. I need you to help me retreive this box and receive it in your country. I want to leave here and come over to your country to begin a new life away from this wicked people that killed my husband immediately you have received the money under your custody. I want you also to help me and invest this money in a good business over there. I will give you 15% of the money for your help.

Can I rely on you to help me?
I am urgently waiting for you.
Yours sincerely,
Angela

Test

1) What is Angela's job?

a) She is a wealthy financial planner
b) She works in a Dean's Office
c) She is a princess
d) She works in a bank

2) Why was Prince Willie killed?

a) He was open-minded
b) He was carefree
c) He was considerate
d) He was messing with the cable tv
e) He liked to knock down the homes of his subjects with his royal bulldozer

3) What is the form of government in the Ivory Coast?

a) Democratic republic
b) Monarchy run by the Duke Willie family
c) Rotates between military dictatorship, anarchy, and despotism
d) Controlled by the elves

4) Where did Prince Willie get the $9,500,000?

a) He stole it
b) Just kind of from being the Prince. You know. Like that.
c) From being really open-minded and considerate
d) Commodities trading