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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. Whose assistance does O'LiamRoe try to enlist for introductions at the English court?
(a) Brice Hopewell.
(b) Brice Halliwell.
(c) Brice Henry.
(d) Brice Herisson.

2. Lymond has been injured and captured by whom?
(a) Oonagh.
(b) O'LiamRoe.
(c) Richard.
(d) Sir George.

3. Who actually kills the animal in the arena?
(a) Kevin.
(b) O'LiamRoe.
(c) Robin.
(d) Lymond.

4. Why is Richard so upset with Lymond?
(a) Lymond tried to seduce his wife.
(b) Lymond has been slacking in his duties to protect Queen Mary.
(c) Lymond had made himself the bait for the killer.
(d) Lymond was making treasonous statements about the King.

5. Who kills Brice?
(a) Robin.
(b) Richard.
(c) Lymond.
(d) Oonagh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lymond visits _________________ to discuss his keeping an eye on the man in #146 and coaxing a confession out of him.

2. Richard and the Erskines try to find out who, besides _______________, was set on killing Lymond and Queen Mary.

3. Where does the woman who takes Lymond into her home have Lymond sent?

4. What does Lymond do to set the Hotel Moutier on fire?

5. Lymond is still very ill from the poison and knows that ______________ is the potential killer.

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does satire play in the story, and especially in Lymond's life?

2. What happens at court when it is believed that Lymond is dead?

3. Name some direct and indirect examples that support the riddle regarding a woman who gives herself up to a man because of what he has to offer her.

4. Whose name does Oonagh give O'LiamRoe as the other henchman involved in the murder plot?

5. How can the riddle of putting a horse in a dangerous situation also apply to the deadly situation going on at court?

6. How does O'LiamRoe unwittingly stumble upon information related to the plot to kill Queen Mary?

7. Why is it important for O'LiamRoe to go to Oonagh to attain her compliance with talking about the murder plot?

8. What is the purpose of the arrival in France of the English Ambassage Extraordinary?

9. What secret agreement do O'LiamRoe and Robin make?

10. What is Robin's sentence for his part in the plot to murder Queen Mary? Why will the sentence not be carried out?

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