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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the story Pearce tells Merivel about?
(a) A king's servant.
(b) A traveling medicine salesperson.
(c) A patient in a mental hospital.
(d) A farmer.

2. Who does Merivel go to after leaving the manor for good?
(a) Nell.
(b) Rosie.
(c) Violet.
(d) Celia.

3. How does Merivel's old friend greet him?
(a) Unfeelingly.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Sadly.
(d) Joyfully.

4. What does Merivel give to Degeulasse de Gourly?
(a) A powder that will arouse his wife.
(b) A draught to help with sleeplessness.
(c) A potion to sooth the bowels.
(d) A suggested cure for inflamed skin.

5. What theory does Merivel give at his first contribution to the nightly meeting at the hospital?
(a) That insanity is a false diagnosis.
(b) That insanity is contagious and patients should be separated.
(c) That insanity is progressive and should be caught early.
(d) That insanity is not contained in the body's fluids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship does Merivel develop with Lady Bathurst?

2. What is the name of the medicine that Merivel gives the bird when it is sick?

3. What is Merivel supposed to look at on Wise Nell's neck?

4. What disease does Merivel come down with?

5. What does Merivel end up doing at the pub?

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