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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the captain say he will accompany the two young popinjays if they don't retract their words?
(a) The Benitas gate.
(b) The Benitas bridge.
(c) The de la Vega bridge.
(d) The de la Vega gate.

2. What has Elvira been accused of inciting among her fellow nuns?
(a) Buddhist practices.
(b) Christian practises.
(c) Muslim practises.
(d) Hebrew practises.

3. What two people does Quevedo say have been arrested?
(a) Vicente and Luis.
(b) Elvira and Inigo.
(c) Saldana and Perez.
(d) Inigo and Angelica.

4. What is the penalty for breaking into a convent?
(a) Community service.
(b) A public stoning.
(c) Life in prison.
(d) Death.

5. Why do the men scatter out of the alley like rats?
(a) Someone shouts Alatriste's name.
(b) A gun fires.
(c) Someone screams Inquisition.
(d) They see a squad of constables arrive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vincente de la Cruz stand before the narrator holding?

2. What does de Quevedo's silence seem to say when he looks at Alatriste?

3. Inigo thinks the woman he can hear screaming is ______________.

4. How does Alatriste respond to the soldiers who greet him?

5. What country does the narrator say despises Spain?

(see the answer key)

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