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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. For what does Lexius get out a whip to punish Laurent?
(a) Stealing food.
(b) Touching Tristan.
(c) Speaking in the palace.
(d) Not following orders.

2. What is the name of the place Laurent is mounted as punishment?
(a) Death Row.
(b) Danger Zone.
(c) Torture Circle.
(d) Punishment Cross.

3. What does Lexius apply to Beauty's body when she is clean?
(a) Sunblock.
(b) Bug repellent.
(c) Oil.
(d) Fruit glaze.

4. What does Laurent do in an attempt to delay his punishment?
(a) He attacks Lexius.
(b) He hides.
(c) He keeps talking.
(d) He physically attacks the sultan.

5. After his conversation about love with Beauty, what does Laurent conclude about his mistress?
(a) His love for his mistress is like Beauty's idea of love.
(b) His love for his mistress is like Tritsan's love for his master.
(c) His love for his mistress is just like Beauty and Tristan's love.
(d) His love for his mistress is different from Beauty's idea of love and Tristan's love for his master.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beauty's role in court?

2. What is the tone used to indicate the attitude toward the relationships in the queen's kingdom?

3. Which of the following happens after Beauty falls asleep alone in the chamber, tied up?

4. Which of the following is a theme in the relationship between Laurent and Lexius?

5. What happens to the male slaves after they enter the garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the sultan.

2. What are the similarities and differences between the animalistic treatment in the sultanate and the queendom?

3. After his sentence serving as a pony is over, what becomes of Laurent?

4. What was Beauty's Punishment about?

5. How does foreshadowing occur when the master addresses the slaves?

6. Why is the tone of the novel inconsistent with the events?

7. What elements of foreshadowing are present in "Through the City and Into the Palace"?

8. What does the master require of the slaves?

9. Why does Laurent decide to get married?

10. What does Laurent's immediate submersion into and acceptance of court life represent?

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