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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. What do the young men find frightening about Alatriste's face?

2. Where do the young women of the convent watch the mass?

3. What is the name of Conde de Olivares' wife?

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

5. Which famous book did Louis Hurtado translate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Domincans interrogate Inigo?

2. What does Saldana think the evidence at the scene of the crime says about the murderer?

3. What does this section suggest about the words on the woman's note?

4. Describe the fight between the Inquisition and the men.

5. How does Alatriste force the two boys to back down in this section?

6. What does the Chief Constable find on the dead woman's body?

7. What does Vicente say about Coroado?

8. How does Inigo earn the soldier's respect in this section?

9. How does Inigo eavesdrop on the conversation that takes place in this section?

10. What does Alatriste do at the La Benitas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What politics prevent Oliveres from lending all his support to helping free Inigo? What compromise finally came to him and Alatriste?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Perez-Reverte's representation of real people in the novel. How does Perez use his fictional characters to express his opinion of the role on Spanish society and the history of the real characters? Choose one of the real life characters in the novel and discuss how Perez represents them and the reasons why he represents them in this way? How does his representation differ from other representations of the same character?

Essay Topic 3

How does the novel suggest that non-Catholic people were dealt with in the 17th century? What is Perez-Reverte's stance on religion and, particularly, the Catholic religion? How does he express his beliefs in the story?

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