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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. The Captain says to Beauty, "You will ________ yourself to me," when he finally speaks after looking at her.

2. What color was the bodice of the Mistress Lockley as she was taking Beauty back to the inn?

3. Tristan ended up being sold to Nicolas, the Queen's ______________, when he was at the auction.

4. The Captain wants her to do something for him: "You will put your __________ between your legs."

5. The way Mistress Lockley ___________ made Beauty interested in her and engaged by her.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the slave who is being punished and tortured in the middle of the marketplace forced to do?

2. What is Beauty shocked to see as she is brought to the inn and to her new home as a slave?

3. Why is Beauty jealous when the Mistress is amusing herself with all of the slaves in the grass?

4. What is the secret that Nicolas reveals to Tristan as they are sitting on a hillside during their trip in the countryside?

5. Why was Tristan told that he had to wear the large phallus when he was first starting his slave training?

6. How do the slaves at the Mistress' inn go about cleaning the floor and the inside of the inn?

7. What does Nicolas do as he passes Tristan in the courtyard, though none of the other slaves seems to notice?

8. What is Beauty surprised to find when she wakes up in the Captain's room in the morning?

9. How did the Queen's Chronicler parade Tristan through town, causing him to think about whether he should have obeyed his other Master?

10. What happens after the slaves have been with the Sultan for the time period they have contracted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are small favors the slaves can enjoy when they are with their Masters and Mistresses.

Part 1: Do you think these small rewards are helpful in the training of slaves?

Part 2: Why do you think the owners reward their slaves at all, especially since they don't have to?

Part 3: How do you think the slaves feel about having small rewards during their training?

Essay Topic 2

The slaves are treated like animals during the course of their training, made to live in animal conditions.

Part 1: Why do you think the slaves are treated like animals?

Part 2: How do you think the treatment as lesser beings changes the way a slave looks at their Masters or Mistresses?

Part 3: Do you think a slave who was treated more humanely would be as obedient?

Essay Topic 3

The Masters and the Mistresses take things away from the slaves which cause them to be on the same level, i.e. the slaves cannot drink out of goblets.

Part 1: Do you think that the slaves could be treated even more harshly in this story?

Part 2: How does taking away everyday actions and commonplace activities change a slave?

Part 3: Why would the Masters and Mistresses decide to give these small human activities back to the slaves?

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