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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Vulgar Lyre: V: Rouen: Fast Drivings for the Purpose of Killing and VI: Rouen: The Difficult and the Impossible.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the French King insulted by O'Liam Roe?
(a) King Henry II.
(b) King Louis III.
(c) King Arthur V.
(d) King Charles IV.

2. What happens to Thady during dinner with the King?
(a) He passes out drunk.
(b) He becomes the center of attention.
(c) He is escorted out for insubordination.
(d) He is knighted.

3. What spooks the elephants in the parade?
(a) A plaster whale.
(b) A bell.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) A whistle.

4. What makes the King sympathetic toward Thady at the dinner?
(a) His young wife died during childbirth.
(b) His stories of the crossing to France sound miserable.
(c) His sad story of a childhood spent at an orphanage.
(d) His injuries from the elephant debacle are displayed.

5. O'LiamRoe is disappointed that everything ended the way it did with the French because ____________________.
(a) He wanted to create an alliance with France.
(b) He wanted to become a member of the French court.
(c) No one tried to kill him.
(d) He wanted to stay for a few years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Master Thady Boy Ballagh?

2. What spooks the horses in the parade?

3. This is the first visit to France in _________________ for Mary de Guise.

4. Mary de Guise must act like nothing is wrong and that she has come to France merely to ___________________.

5. Who is Jenny Fleming?

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