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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was used to strangle the dead woman?
(a) A silk cord.
(b) A red ribbon.
(c) A sailor's rope.
(d) A satin tie.

2. What is the title of the third chapter?
(a) Madrid Steel.
(b) Madrid, My Darling Madrid.
(c) The Streets of Madrid.
(d) Madrid at Night.

3. The dead woman's head dress and gown lend her the look of __________.
(a) A widow.
(b) A spinster.
(c) A duenna.
(d) A dauphine.

4. What do the swarm of black clad men cry in the name of?
(a) Spain.
(b) The Inquisition.
(c) The King.
(d) The convent.

5. What does Sor Josefa have a reputation at court for being?
(a) A spoilt brat.
(b) A disciplined woman.
(c) An atheist.
(d) A pious woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the penalty for breaking into a convent?

2. What does Angelica slip into Inigo's hand?

3. What would Captain Alatriste do when he had too much to drink?

4. What are Alatriste and the others going to use to escape once they have de la Cruz's daughter?

5. What does the narrator say is eating Spain's heart?

(see the answer key)

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