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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. It is learned that Queen Mary is to die during ____________________.
(a) The night.
(b) Her birthday celebration.
(c) A holiday party.
(d) The Investiture.

2. Margaret watches _______________ leave for Ireland.
(a) Sir George.
(b) Robin.
(c) James.
(d) Pilar.

3. The beginning of Part Three: London: The Excitement of Being Hunted: I: Blois: The Mill in Motion is written from whose perspective?
(a) Robin's.
(b) Jenny's.
(c) Mary's.
(d) Margaret's.

4. What do O'LiamRoe and Oonagh have to do to help Lymond?
(a) Have Lymond's supporters sign a petition.
(b) Prove that he posed as Thady to protect Queen Mary.
(c) Help him escape back to Scotland.
(d) Hire a good lawyer.

5. At court it is decided that Queen Mary would marry the ____________________.
(a) Prince of Wales.
(b) Duke of Cambridge.
(c) King of France.
(d) Dauphin of France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Robin enlist to give the information he has about the next assassination attempt to Lymond?

2. Who does Lymond seduce on a festive evening?

3. What is the only thing about the French court that holds any interest for O'LiamRoe?

4. Who confesses to the plot to kill Queen Mary?

5. What does the Queen Mother drop into the arena?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of Robin's attacking Lymond while the court members are enjoying an evening out of doors?

2. What did Lymond spend much of his time doing in this chapter regarding the Stewarts?

3. What role does Richard know he would be assuming when Lymond left for Ireland?

4. How does O'LiamRoe enjoy the English court and what is the one aspect of the French court that is still of interest to him?

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

6. What is the significance of satin and scarlet in this chapter?

7. Who is Antonius Beck? What does Lymond ask Michel Herisson to do regarding Beck?

8. 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.

9. What deal does the French Ambassador offer to Brice and why is Brice reluctant to take it?

10. Who does Lymond tell Richard is the would-be assassin? How does Lymond know this?

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