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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 element was used to poison Lymond?
(a) Arsenic.
(b) Nightshade.
(c) Hemlock.
(d) Botulism.

2. Who commits suicide when he hears the explosion on the river?
(a) Robin.
(b) Oonagh.
(c) James.
(d) Kevin.

3. Who does Oonagh tell O'LiamRoe is the other henchman involved in the murder plot?
(a) Alain Carmichael.
(b) Alfie Cornwall.
(c) Archie Choate.
(d) Artus Cholet.

4. Where does the woman who takes Lymond into her home have Lymond sent?
(a) Tours.
(b) Sevigny.
(c) Lyons.
(d) Marseilles.

5. Robin agrees to denounce his partner in the planned killing of Queen Mary if O'LiamRoe would back him in _____________________________.
(a) Revealing Lymond as Thady Boy Ballagh.
(b) Establishing an imports business.
(c) Getting a courtier position.
(d) Escaping to London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Richard so upset with Lymond?

2. What is Queen Mary doing as Lymond leaves her?

3. Who takes Lymond into her home and cares for him?

4. What worries Lymond about showing up at the French court?

5. Richard and the Erskines try to find out who, besides _______________, was set on killing Lymond and Queen Mary.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lymond spend much of his time doing in this chapter regarding the Stewarts?

2. Who does Lymond tell Richard is the would-be assassin? How does Lymond know this?

3. Why is it important for O'LiamRoe to go to Oonagh to attain her compliance with talking about the murder plot?

4. Why is the riddle about dissolving verbal contracts relevant for Robin?

5. What happens at court when it is believed that Lymond is dead?

6. What role does Richard know he would be assuming when Lymond left for Ireland?

7. What are the circumstances of Brice's death and why does Lymond insist that Robin be returned to France unharmed?

8. How can the riddle of putting a horse in a dangerous situation also apply to the deadly situation going on at court?

9. What does Lymond learn about who is conspiring against him and Queen Mary and why it is necessary for Lymond to die?

10. Name some direct and indirect examples that support the riddle regarding a woman who gives herself up to a man because of what he has to offer her.

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